On hearing new music

Did you ever wake up one morning and just ........forget to
breathe?
Never, of course not, don't be absurd!
My body goes on without my even knowing.

So, why is it that as I heard the music playing ~ I gasped aloud as if
my heart had suddenly begun again?

Along with the velvet notes on the piano
every crescendo dragging me forward,
until I lay gasping at the feet of my God...
who brought me the joy and the despair
all at once.

Is that bird still a Robin without its red breast?
How can I dance with only my eyes, ears, and heart?
Is any bird too old to let the trade winds blow through their wings
and then simply fly away?

Or do they someday drop from the limbs of the tree,
their small bird eyes trained high above....
Content to let their fledglings soar free?