Living Life’s Octavus Steps

How simple and pure

The moment to start,

Seven intervals to reach

One’s next weigh station

Of endlessness.

With the middle C destined

To move selectively

Up the intervals to an octave high C,

Respectfully it acknowledges D

Like the child’s first move

Of exposure from the womb.

E as the third step of harmony,

Continues into childhood,

And reaching F finds its essence fitting,

As the mode of adolescent tension challenges,

Venturing often into the wistful and sad lament

Of dissonance.

Broaching bravely from the harmonic beginnings of C and E,

Grasping the 5^th step, G,

Renders young adulthood complete

In a triad of harmony.

Leaping suddenly for the 6^th step A,

The experience bodes well for adventure and risk,

Its transitional quintessence urging the next step.

When reaching the 7^th or B,

One realizes the melody of experience

Has evolved into reflection,

For the octave of high C,

Known as the whole note of life’s summit,

Embraces this journey’s end.

Movement starts over again

In the cyclic unveiling,

Where the next octavus

Of existence

Awaits patiently

In the valley

Of geneses.