oh for song

the violin
has this way
of unraveling me.

Madeleine L’engle says all of life is a rhythm,
“tension, release; tension, release. Work, discipline, obedience,”
and I would add, joy, pain, healing, peace...like that of a violin,
“pull the bow string taut, and then let it go.”

The tension keeps you in the vein of life,
the release keeps you from breaking.

Madeleine tells me, “The strings must be taut before they will play,
but if they are not released, they will break.” And so we sing.

sometimes the violin saves me.
i learn from these lungs of wood the wail of green and stabbing joy,
teaching me to cry, to crescendo; to love, to ease.
string after string, tension and release.

you just need to drop everything and go listen to this song right now.
your muse will thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Fm3qbYfxGY&feature=related