Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, program for fourth movement

In motion

Uninhibited

Mixolydian

She's got eggs

Cali plates

or some other state

He now lives in Texas

for all the wrong reasons

We move to the beat

of the talk in the street

barely treading water

while we're cursing The Man

we all must eat

Walking to her car that night

he came creeping up behind her

from out of the shadows 

to steal her power and innocence

Now she trains after work

to bob and weave and punch and kick

Never again to fear the dark

He learned to fight at an early age

by defending himself from his father

He put his skills to use by later joining

an Army of too many others who 

had lived and grown through similarly 

violent upbringings and feats of rage

Somehow perpetual motion

a look across an ocean

an invitation to dance continues

being offered and accepted

and life and the beat goes on