Song

Black dresses swoosh.

Feet thudding rhythmically.

Surrounded by silence.

Shared glances of anxiety

between friends. Infinite

memories shared.

One movement

releases into another
language. Two hands
lifted. One diaphragm
expanding.

Voices begin
to thrum. Fierce
echoes. Dark
timbre unified.
Nonsense words
held with meaning.

Relieving silence.
The conductor lowers
his arms. A frozen
moment.

Standing ovation.