My path to Paradise was started so many years ago
As Dufay, Tallis, Byrd and Dowland put notes down
Only to be modernised by Bach and Handel
As they led the way for Mozart to stun the world
Which woke up Beethoven and Tchaikovsky
To produce their wonderful way with notes
The glory of Verdi and Puccini’s words in music
Showing the way for Rachmaninoff and Scriabin
For Mahler, Debussy, Sibelius and Ravel
To move forward to the place that others took
And Barber, Cage and Reich moved forward
To that place where Richter and Adams continue
To pave my way to Paradise.