The mounting quest and fervor realThis heart knows not to conceal
Open to feel, long and mark desire
Pleading passion, flame and fire
Quiet the repose and soft the slumber
Nothing shall restrain or encumber
I willing to heed passion's plea
In all sensibilities I not flee
Each shade, hue, timbre and tone
I in your Presence, One and alone
Rippling waves of time and place
Know I the rapture of God's grace.
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Poet Laureate
upon reflection
Soiree Society of the Arts
piano performance of
Kimball Gallagher
Frames of Mind, Opus 5, Watercolor, Rose Marie Raccioppi, 2007, Conceptual Art, www.apogeeart.com
