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Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams)

a violin plays Vaughan Williams 

its four steel core strings 

strung to Welsh perfection 

 

vibrations of high pitched notes 

float in spiral movement 

as the reed bow sweeps low 

 

then moves slowly upwards 

imitating a lark, the messenger 

of a brand new morning 

 

rising above roof tops, above spires 

higher on spanned feathered wings 

avian beauty scaling the  heights

 

ascending in circular flight 

in blue sky above verdant green fields 

of English countryside 

 

close your weary eyes 

transcend closer to the sleeping stars 

soaring in new found freedom 

 

far above the problematic earth 

far from the troubles of the day 

rebirth,  there fly I