TESSITURA*

On the best of days

I am searching,

Reaching

For that perfect,

Impossible note

That lies outside

My natural range.

On these days

I run the scales

Of everyday living

With the fervor

Of a virtuoso.

Texture is

my teacher.

On the worst of days

I am tone deaf

And suffering from

A bad case of laryngitis.

 *acceptable and comfortable vocal range of a singer