i baste in my quiet

 

I baste in my quiet, my solitude,

soothing my spirit by Chopin’s 

Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor 

performed by Menahem Pressler 

Then i listen to Jimmy Buffet who’s 

words and melodies transform my 

recliner to promontories by the sea, 

crashing ashore in ebb and flow 

 

And with this ‘awe’, although these 

past few weeks much lament is still 

raw, I find joy sitting with my three 

rescues and life partner, my lovely wife