Promethean Valentine

He was like a fire moving
up to a higher elevation
a higher calling of fire
‘The Inextinguishable’
which only music can express
the inexpressible which
for music is common speech
the music of a language
or the music of a beach
not just the ocean’s loud
mumbling and dramatic pauses
but the smudged voices
of people and children
tossed among the waves
that music which precedes
and follows sense