Suddenly Bach

and I'm on the sofa

in the livingroom

of the old house

It's E. Power Biggs

Bach

Bach

Bach

Jig Fugue

and I'm a little boy

who sees the world

through that energy

now

I'm listening to it again

as an old man

suddenly on the radio

suddenly Bach

and a surge of youth

stiffens my aching back

with all the pain

disappearing

I'm once again

a little boy

with his life ahead of him

laying on the sofa

Mother in the kitchen

dancing as she cooks

Welsh rarebit

Dad in his den

with the door closed

Barry G. Wick