Percussion

To be shaken loose is a gentler

Way of breaking open,

The black box of a mind

Retrieved, studied, opened

Without the tragedy of crash.

Gifts we give each other,

Often without knowing,

Make music which can change

Our lives, adding notes

Which weave between trees

blending in, light scattering

among leaves

In bursts of refreshment –

No storm, simply astonishing miraculous

change.