"Thank You for the Music"

Jumeirah Music Center

Poetry awakens fresh

In the evening when the rush
That defines our day has passed.

Nimble fingers on the strings –

How they dance in concert like

A ballet of their creating.

Duet on piano as

Lovers are in their relating –

Playful, push and pull, and close.

Habanera in the square

Where our dear soprano sings

Like a northern mockingbird.

Gossip is just chatter but

Put to music it becomes

Opera as Mozart found.

Song, emotion, image, dance
Come however they may come
Still lead us to poetry.

On attending the concert by the Jumeirah Music Center, in support of the Philippine Bantay Bata charity

"Thank You for the Music" © Ron Villejo