The
Slow Movement
by Edmund F. Byrne
by Edmund F. Byrne
With
Ashkenazi at the keys
Giuliani
signaled for the Brahms
and
thunder filled reality
reverberating
in my ears
more
turbulence than I could bear
I
made some tea and tried to read
old
arguments that God exists
while
hardly sure that I was there
or
that the world takes note of me
with
or without divinity
Just
then the tempo changed
and
peaceful strings began to coax
from
gentle horns soft mellow chords
that
sang inside of me a tonal prayer
which
urged the universe to care
Tea
and book I put aside
to
let some tears reply Amen
to
the awesome orchestrations that
ensued
in celebration of
what
life can be with hope for love
From
Edmund F. Byrne:
“I'm a retired professor of philosophy. Spent most of my active
years at newly established IUPUI. I'm still involved with the Journal
of Business Ethics and review books for online anthology called
MiSWR.”