The Cellist

He waves the bow ever so lightly,

a wand, wielding the magic of music

as it arcs into auditorium air,

a white dove soaring into darkness.

His soul, alight with the knowledge

of God transmuted into bars and

notes, he imagines and then plays

Vivaldi, Haydn, Bach and Saint Saens,

Dvorak, Beethoven, Brahms and Debussy,

Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Beatles and E.L.O.,

Aerosmith, Cream and Smashing Pumpkins,

classical jazz rock bluegrass folk it pours from

his soul, alight with the knowledge

of God transmuted into bars and

notes.

Illustration: Cello Player, acrylic on canvas by R.G. Alvarado (2002).