I longed for silence; but instead, I found
that winter raindrops tapping on the ground
reminded me of fingers playing Bach.
And with the lissome beat of that courante,
I heard the voice of my old confidante
behind the door I had so firmly locked.
© Leticia Austria 2010
First published in The Road Not Taken: A Journal of Formal Poetry
Bach: Partita No. 2, Courante - Tatiana Nikolayeva
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