Rallentanda

Rallentanda

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Childhood Memory...Dverse



my world changed at four
seeing this for the first time
i had discovered love

a gift a flurry of
emotions that fairy tales
had not stirred

they looked askance
at this little alien
in their midst

i remember someone saying
'i think she has been here before'

followed by frown and hushes
from my poor mother who had hoped
i had not heard
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13 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 4, 2012 at 11:37 PM

    hi rallentanda
    we had this piece of music on an old 75 record when i was growing up. =) janet/lucychili

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  2. DaydreamertooAugust 5, 2012 at 2:49 AM

    Beautiful. I can see how watching this would change a four year old's world. It's magical. :)
    Loved your poem. The video is wonderful. I wonder who made the cartoon? It doesn't have any credits on there.
    Thanks for sharing. Lovely piece of music isn't it.

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  3. rallentandaAugust 5, 2012 at 3:26 AM

    We had it too. Actually this poem is not accurate..My first musical awakening was when my mother used to sing lullabies to me in my cot and I remember wishing she would stop because she did not sing in key.I did not write a poem bout this because I thought it would make me sound too strange:)

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  4. Brian MillerAugust 5, 2012 at 3:53 AM

    interesting bit that, that they could see that perhaps you had been here before...esp at four if you were feeling such emotions....

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  5. AnonymousAugust 5, 2012 at 4:02 AM

    hehe, that is quirky =), it is me in my family who has a habit of 'tuneless humming' dimdedim, the rest are more musical =). j

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  6. rallentandaAugust 5, 2012 at 4:39 AM

    It may not be evident from my poetry Brian, but I am a considered to be a little unusual by most people:)

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  7. rallentandaAugust 5, 2012 at 4:43 AM

    Thanks Daydreamer...it could be Walt Disney.

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  8. ClaudiaAugust 5, 2012 at 6:37 AM

    i think sometimes things happen that the grown ups find no way to explain it...funny that they thought you've been here before.. i like things that go a bit out of the normal and make us re-think things..

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  9. VictoriaAugust 5, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    Smiles. There are moments with little ones that do make you think they're "old souls."

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  10. rallentandaAugust 5, 2012 at 10:01 PM

    I was an 'old soul' child. Grown ups use to confide in me.

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  11. Jennifer WagnerAugust 6, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    I really like this capture, especially your last stanza. Nice write!

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  12. Sharp Little PencilAugust 6, 2012 at 10:02 PM

    There is nothing I could ever write about my mother that would sound strange, to me. Other folks, their ears curl back!

    I was another "old soul," at home in the corner while grownups played poker, and finally dealt in the game when I was 7.

    This moment is a telling event in your own history, and I loved every moment of it! Your Old Soul Sister, Amy

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  13. rallentandaAugust 6, 2012 at 10:09 PM

    Ha...card dealer at 7...that's about the time I was singing Palestrina:)

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