'My Favorite Composer' Poem by Greg Oosterhouse

You are my favorite composer,
The music you create in my heart makes me swoon.
Your music intensifies as you get closer.
Its crescendos make me jump over the moon.

Yes, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner and others' music is great,
Their music sends one on an inspirational journey.
Yet the greatest of their works fails to rate
As high on my chart as yours, as far as I see.

Your intricate melodies match the beating of my heart.
My pulse races along with your allegro tempo.
Your sweet bird-like sounds greet me as the day gets its start,
And gently sings me to sleep as to bed I go.

(7-20-2006)