Reflections Johannesburg 1948

         Reflections Johannesburg 1948

Suddenly the eerie stillness of night's
darkest hour is shattered by fingers of light
playing on natures keyboard a symphony to
                the new born day.
The shrill rising and falling cry of a rooster
                greeting the Dawn.
song of the birds in Trees and Hedge Rows
The cluck of hens- a dog's excited barking
as he chases the ghosts of his recent dreams.
a concert of cats announcing their return
from the tiles.
Two black watchmen greeting the new day.

The high shrieking blast of a factory siren
a whistle and thud thud of the distant goods train.

The noise of a car struggling up the hill,
a swish of tyres on the tarmac.
The putt putt of a scooter winding its way
past the mine dumps.

An aeroplane zooming in for a dawn landing.

Mine hooters long and loud frightening away
the darkness of the night.

And then the growing volume of all the city's
noises blending into one indefinable mass of
                             Sound.

For the Golden Reef- a new day has begun.

by Hillie Feldman  26 December 1998