Music is My Nature

It has occurred to me that nature

Does not serve me the way it served Mary Oliver.

Surely it calms me, and transports me,

But only sometimes advises me, guides me, to my true peaceful purpose.

No, I get absorbed by music.

Not every time I hear it, but often enough to know,

That in the way Mary examines each petal of the rose

And attribute to it natural happiness and then breathes that into her own heart;

I enjoy a great song.

The other day I heard an alt country song on Spotify Joe Ely Radio.

At one point, an accordion filled 8 bars, followed by a steel essentially echoing, followed by the accordion and steel together.

I loved with all my heart the similarities in the notes by each musician,

But marveled at how the tones of the instruments themselves created a unique beauty that

Spoke to my heart,

And I breathed it all the way in.

And I felt a little more free,

A little more transported,

A little more like I can usually find joy,

If I really want it.