Choked

Those haunting strains
of a score of violins
A spirit evoking symphony
And a nostalgic note

The tune bestirs the being
from an indolent ease
A burning restlessness
brings a violent peace

Yet the tongue goes dry
And the mind is numbed
At loss for unheard of words
Erudition is stumped

Unquenchable fire rages on
Smoky emotions get choked
Breatheless dumb cannot express
Even if the soul is evoked