Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The Composition, for Ella's Tenth Birthday!

 Ella is a force of fury-psssionate, loving, kind. I have watched her since she was a little baby, so I have watched her grow. And so, I celebrate the joy of knowing such a special little girl with this ghazal:


The Composition, For Ella, Age Ten


Ella plays the violin

music in the wind


laughter plucks the strings of joy

music in the wind


sometimes sorrow sings a dirge

music cries the wind


the notes don't know where to go

music cries the wind


but then a smile, the highest scale

music blasts the wind


laughter louder than a whale

music fast in wind


the happiest of compositions

her music makes the wind.



Trick or treat, but she is always a treat!

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