Sunday, August 16, 2020

The Exultation of Larks



And what a stream is to the sound of water,
are larks to the air.
Their effervescence all around
as though life just discovered;
the intricacy of their trills,
far beyond the capabilities of any pianist’s fingers,
is exhilaration.

In the light and colour of a summer’s day like this,
far from vainglorious cities,
their song reaches deep into the soul,
finds the excitement that is our birthright,
draws it, shining, upward into our day:
life rediscovered
amid the exultation of larks.

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