The other night during dinner and drinks I watched and was impressed by great and beautiful music being delivered to a room that barely paid attention. Certainly as background it stirs hearts and minds as music must do, but the passion to drive it forward in spite of remarkable distraction was amazing and I saw it as an interesting metaphor for persistence and passion in life… here’s my musing…

Musician’s Passion

A hundred eat, drink as they mingle

Music floats gently above them all

Stirring hearts and minds just a single

 

People lost to points they must make

Servers ply their food and drink for tips

Passion drives him forward for music sake

 

Surely he notices but never seems to care

Dishes, glasses, silver ringing odd notes

Purity, clarity of music emotion he tries to share

 

Nourished by infrequent applause scattered

He drives the music with passion and talent

Happy he plays, their attention never mattered

 

Witness this beautiful metaphor for life

He persists as he must, nourished by few

His passion for music overcoming all strife

 

He smiles… and so do we who know life is good!