Do we ever (let’s just think about this)
truly understand one another or are we
always just a half step off key however
unknowingly a shade sharp a little flat
missing a beat or two maybe a whole bar
perhaps even changing from
three four to four four and while we’re at it
putting our own fine tuning to dynamics
(maybe a crescendo just there)
altering the tempo to suit the mood
adding an introduction perhaps a coda
writing variations on the theme or
what the heck changing the theme itself
ultimately hearing a tune that is no longer
the other’s but fully our own.
I think we do that a lot in all of those variations from totally changing the song to little grace notes. And of course others are doing it to us. Makes for interesting music doesn’t it?
Yes, very!