repeated bass line
of a classic song
------------standing firm alongside
buffets of melody and rhythm
usually centered --------harmonic but
sometimes jarring
sometimes fragmentary
----------broken
you have always been there
your mild smiling eyes
chuckling presence
a bouncing string of sincere vision
now mining depths of
double bass courage
in face of
panicked melody
of pain
leading
not following
entire orchestra
into faith-filled concerto of
agape
