Melancholy & Triumph

While wide eyes gaze
And colors move
Beneath the haze
A boom.

Tension begins to rise
Under the thump of a tired heart
That beats again, but slowly still
A curtain raising, quickly.

Beating rays of anticipation
Against uncertainty
But arms raise high and sing a blast
Of harmony and hope.

And the colors move
While to stage right
The movement stills
The actor sighs.

Every breathe is understood
And every shuffle heard
While broken, he nearly faints.
As green becomes red becomes blue.

And standing firm, a darkness falls
But on to center stage
Abruptly, with determination
He stands true, and wise, and tall.

And they listen,
And the silence moves among them
With the colors rich in hue
Transforming the room into a neighborhood.