Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Every day at 5 p.m...

...the familiar strains of Moon River fills the air. I don't know exactly where the music comes from or why it plays, but it's loud enough that it reaches my 2nd floor balcony. Sometimes I don't notice it until it's almost to the end, but there are times when it plays with my imagination. I start to hear Andy William's voice in my head and see Audrey Hepburn standing outside of Tiffany's. But mostly I wonder about this "wider than a mile" river, where it starts and where it flows to. I wonder if someday ever came and if this dreamer was ever able to "cross it in style, " or if it was one of those things that remained a dream. Then I feel a slight pang because there is "such a lot of world to see" and so much of it that I have yet to. And then when the song ends, I hope with all my heart that this dreamer was able to