A tango's turn

Within the thunder
of the beginning of all things
color struck
and again came more
on top of the first
that dropped to the
bottom
echoing the slide
to the middle
wherein lived word
lit from letters
that introduced color's
beauty and blessing and art
from which raindrops fell
like sounds of bells
and between here and there
music merged
though unknown in this place
even so it was heard
in note and harmony
in time and rhythm.

Color and Word and Music
moved around each other
into and out of
shadows
blending and bobbing
between spaces
becoming movement
inviting dance
underscored in poetry and
hummed into tune
as strangers swooned

and swayed and
within a tango's turn
stirred love
the necessary
ingredient
within the thunder
of the beginning
of all things