Chasing Shadows with Mozart

A poem.

Josh Gane
Aug 26, 2023
behance.net

Projection hues
and shared, pastoral harmonies

resonate
and glow amber

memories of infancy.

Will you sing?

The immortal enchantments
‘round cabin stoves

that rose up
perpetually,

like smoke-woven nimbus bards,
showered tradition on our families.

Will you rest?

Centuries of droplets
that settled wide eyes

bond us ‘cross oceans,
conjuring a chorus

of ancestral children
and their caregivers.

Will you dream?

Tones of experience
sound their longing

for me to cherish
and endure the torture

inherent to the voice
of innocence dwindling.

Will you wake?

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Josh Gane

Freelance Writer; Former writer @ RapTV; Former College Writing Instructor; BA Philosophy UNC; MA English NC State.