Flute Salad

cascading, silvery semiquavers
fly and fall like graceful droplets of rain
scintillating the senses.
as pitches rise and fall,
tone varies from
hollow and plaintive
to rich and full.
judicious vibrato
and resplendent rubato
add delicious layers
to the frenetic feast of fireworks.
crescendo builds,
culminating in a tremendous trill
before descending into a pause;
a sonorous silence.
then, in a final flourish—
a mellifluous, melodious banquet
for the beholder.