Jessica
At the Patriotic Music Concert
We all watch the musicians
breathe music
into their clarinets, tubas, and flutes
as we pray for our own cool breeze.
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Yesterday, we went to a Patriotic Music Concert in one of the city parks. We heard a lot of classics, from Sousa to Irving Berlin, performed by a municipal band. Even at 7:00 PM, the sun was still going strong and we had to re-position our lawn chairs to escape the heat. Then, I noticed that every time a breeze blew through the crowd, the whole audience breathed just a bit deeper and relaxed into the songs. It was just a little moment from the trip, which I guess what this practice is all about.
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This micropoem is part of A River of Stones International Small Stone Writing Month, hosted by Fiona and Kaspa. The goal of the project is for participants to create one small stone (a recorded moment of mindful observation) each day in July.
