{"id":2491,"date":"2008-08-20T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/08\/new-poem-4\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T20:20:00","slug":"new-poem-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/standingonmyhead\/2008\/08\/new-poem-4.html","title":{"rendered":"New Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Piano Recital<\/p>\n

Your skill unlocked a secret on a summer afternoon.
As you stepped onto the stage we stepped with you
into a sacred world\u2013we saw the moon
shining on a cathedral beneath the turbulent blue.
We heard the harmonious ballads of the night
rising like love songs from the depths of light.<\/p>\n

Something transcendent trembled in your execution
of each piece. The studious passion of your
young face revealed a deeper dedication\u2013
something more eternal, elemental, and pure.
The guardian Spirit was released, and through
your majestic music we saw your better you.<\/p>\n

You understood the rubrics of notes and score,
the liturgy of music and the lifting of the heart.
I glimpsed your future then, solid and secure.
When you were at the piano playing your part
I saw you standing at an altar,
offering the nobler, greater,
sacrifice of a more mysterious art.<\/p>\n

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(note: this poem is written after a recital by a young man who is a fine pianist and who is considering a vocation to the priesthood)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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