Appreciating the Adagio because of Hardaway
by Tyler Berg
Gary wrote in beautiful brevity of this most fabled story told with strings.
Of it's breathtaking majesty and boundless power.
I am crushed.
Overwhelmed.
Furious.
That such beauty exists and eludes my comprehension
Damn that something so immense should alight within my mind!
Damn that something so marvelous should escape my definition!
Damn that this thing, this horrifying masterpiece should even exists!
A maelstrom of emotion roars within me.
Mind and soul lifted by its strains
Dashed against the jagged rocks of realization.
Nothing stands equal to this among gods and men.
I am as Eve who bit the fruit most forbidden and found all others lacking.
I am grateful and indignant all at once that someone should show me such an ethereal nightmare of near divinity.
For better or worse,
Thanks Gary.
Of it's breathtaking majesty and boundless power.
I am crushed.
Overwhelmed.
Furious.
That such beauty exists and eludes my comprehension
Damn that something so immense should alight within my mind!
Damn that something so marvelous should escape my definition!
Damn that this thing, this horrifying masterpiece should even exists!
A maelstrom of emotion roars within me.
Mind and soul lifted by its strains
Dashed against the jagged rocks of realization.
Nothing stands equal to this among gods and men.
I am as Eve who bit the fruit most forbidden and found all others lacking.
I am grateful and indignant all at once that someone should show me such an ethereal nightmare of near divinity.
For better or worse,
Thanks Gary.
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Author's Note
I read a piece, some time ago written by Gary Hardaway. Initially impressed and appreciative by the prose I took a second look, a sober look at the piece and the Adagio itself and found myself a thimble full of water dropped into an ocean of wine.
Gary placed this song perfectly into print.
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Thanks, Tyler.
I liked the intensity of this meta-poem. *
I like the form, Tyler.
"I am grateful and indignant all at once that someone should show me such an ethereal nightmare of near divinity."
Nice work.
Thanks for the kind words guys.
The title makes it sound like it's about a composer introducing you to another composer. I like that.