Sunday, November 10, 2013

Unseen and Seen

Unseen and Seen

My great great             grandfather                 turned up in the next county
Just last week             even though                that church closed years ago
And a tree fell             into that silence          living on inside the tiny brick
Box waiting                for a new voice           someone to remember to write
Down a new                story not caring          about details when did he leave
Why did he                 abandon his son          how did the chain stay unbroken
Someday a                  daughter of a               daughter or maybe a stranger
May find a                  poem or a book           of poems hear a voice see
Something                  feel a pulse                  a note before the downbeat
The lift                        of the baton                 from the same pulpit
Launching                   into being a                 new string ensemble in the
Same pews                  bringing him               and me and all who listen
Into voice                    in plain sight               never too late for the light


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