CRESCENDO, by Tugrul Tanyol
Posted on August 28, 2019
music pouring from the open window
falls on the courtyard’s naked stones
it changes the black and white stones
to colors.
the child at play on the stones
chooses his moves with care
the earth recedes,
sometimes his jumps
make a space
in the midst of joy
the cat that stays stuck to the wall
suddenly springs
the pigeon flies far away
where the child ran the stones
change suddenly to a giant wave
it becomes a mermaid, a froth of foam, a
shadow
a winged horse
leaps through the open window
and strikes us in the face,
life like an unexpected kiss