I slump on an ancient bench in Florence
Exhausted from the day’s toils.
And let my mind be a wanderer...
He navigates the lands of the day we had.
He explores what I said
And hikes across all the wrongs I've done.
He scrambles over who I should’ve been
And scales what I’ve seen.
Checks my aching feet,
traverses my aching heart.
And just when he is depleted,
My ears like a horse, pick up in the distance,
Something that knocks him off his wandering path.
I stand and follow the sound
Louder it grows and my heart fills with sound waves.
Another lost wanderer explores his cello;
Bach's first concerto.
Callan Anthony | 08-04-2024