Beauty

When it inspires you to
Pick up a pen, form an idea,
Make a statement, share a view,
You know it's exhilarating.

When it makes the meanest at heart
Break into tears and cry passionately,
Or the bravest of men tremble with fear,
Or the indifferent protest proudly,
You know it's powerful.

When you can't control your body
From melding with it,
Becoming one with it,
Becoming it--
When your feet turn into drums,
You know it's moving.

When you hear another language
Habla las letras,
Canta las canciónes,
Convey an idea still moving to you--
If only by beat--
You know it's uniting.

When a hairbrush becomes a microphone;
A mirror, an audience;
You, the words;
Your body, the beat;
You know it's magical.

When it changes you,
Betters you,
Makes you feel alive
Or is your lullaby;
When it unites us,
Sees us through the day,
Comforts us,
Moves us;
When it never fails
To be there for you,
You know it's life-changing.

Music is
Understanding,
Sympathetic,
Ingenious,
Changing.