Cello

by Amanda Blanchard
(North Carolina)

you delicately rub my strings
imagining the music within
tighter, looser, finding the perfect sound
that will make me sing –
I feel your bow dance across me
releasing my soul
soft at first, ever so light
I'm dazzled by your touch –
the need for more aches my body
and stiffens my wood –
I resonate all that is you
as you fulfill my demand –
you play me harder and faster
making such noise
as would make the gods jealous !
you've made me a fountain of notes
bursting in the air,
waxing and waning with your motion –
I feel your every thought
as you pour yourself into me –
the last note echoes for a moment longer
as you finish your song and cradle me in your arms