Gifted.
Silver streams of muted music
flow from his bow
as a fiddler with gifted knowing
plays solo to no-one but me.
Notes of piercing tender appeal
enter my core
as that virtuoso in torn coat
artfully strokes lament to sweet.
Homeless and ragged he
chords known classics
with professional boldness then
expertly begins re-scoring keys.
How come this violin genius
hand-strums tricky
concertos in doorways and shuns
stage applause from filled seats ?