THE PIPER

Darkness 

A solitary beam of spectral brilliance

splashes coloured bubbles into a sea of night

Silence

Muffled whispers of an anxious audience

broken by that single echo of twinkling starlight

Movement

Fingers clacking on a brass typewriter

producing an insight into the world of the piper

Trance

Heads nodding, eyes closed in quiet interpretation

concentrating on sequential distraction amidst contemplation

Elevation

The music tumbles into delightful expression

accumulating randomness into phrases of happiness

Bliss

Serene acceptance of an unraveling experience

dissolving life's mysteries into the pool of unconsciousness

Applause

An avalanche of thunder from a predetermined distance 

A rumbling culmination with reflections of adulation

Darkness

Snaps shut, disappearing into a printed band of memory

in a space inside the piper's travelling case