#9 - Sacerdotal

John Peel (1939 –2004) disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer, and journalist.

I see the fans, the proper music fans –

who lose themselves in harmony and song;

who find nirvana in the blissful throng;

who fill their lives with soundtracks of romance.

I watch them at the festivals, askance,

who worship in their thousands, arms aloft;

who consecrate with cheers these blessed crofts –

arenas of devotion, joy, and dance.

I envy them. I do. I often do.

Against this force, what hope might poesy dare –

reclusive, at the fringes, unenjoyed?

just to endure and bide, intentions true:

the beat of heart, the single breath of air;

the splash of ink, the voice from out the void.

AWB

You're right. It wasn't really about him at all.