dressing in white
a tropical beat
it could be Mexico
or Rio de Janerio
a couple dances
to calypso and congas 
 

warm flesh of
sunshine kisses
barefeet on powder sand
blush of margaritas
their bodies move
with inspiration
 

colored in patterns
a woman is haunted
with melancholy dreams
tribal beats of safari sound
cymbals brushed with
her swishing hemline
 
non sense patterns of symphony
violins weep introduction
carefully an upbeat is dusted
by instruments designed to lift
from the long tails of his jacket
 
sensual sway of  oasis Arabian
dark eyes gaze in longing appeal
shoulders dip to musk guitar
where strings are fingered
and intricately strummed
 
gypsies dance within a hora
a circle writhes with piano notes
sounds overlaid by subtle accordion
perhaps it is Romania or Poland
and wine is set upon the table
 
Israel sings in holy wail
an aching substance of all alone
a shoulder shawl of violin
wraps to harmonize her tone
 
celtic plea of forgotten woe
a loves lament twas sweetly sold
a box of bellows squeezes and shifts
resembling less the romantic isle
as it rambles and struggles but never lifts
 
the fresh air of strings
like raindrops tinkling upon conclusion
washed in swirls of piano drones
delicate patterns of these wonderous hearts
a universal ambient in this world of sound

© Debby Weinberger

 
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