There’s A Beat - Tim Hicks

[Larry Robinson]

There’s A Beat

There’s a beat,
and a sound there,
you hear it,
and a tone when we feel it,
a meter to the planet, 
and such majesty to life. 
There’s the song of our emotions
in the syncopation of our confusions,
and the cry of our devotions
to the heart’s expansive score.
There’s a melody to take us 
through the storms of our rehearsals,
through the seasons we must improvise
a counterpoint to dying. 

Oh holy music made of love and suffering, 
bathe us in your colors.
Let the silence still us 
to the ache in our fingers and our bones.
Let us find the harmony,
the notes that plot a passage,
that spell a message of reflection and protection,
if only we will trust and pay attention,
trust and pay attention
to the intervals that link us,
the relations that give meaning
in our symphony of loss. 

	- Tim Hicks
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