Moment of Silence: Ravi Shankar and poem "Silence of Moments"

Master musician Ravi Shankar has passed away.  He will be greatly missed.

Still the strings
and muffle the drums.

The musician is gone
and silence comes.

Whisper of robes
over sandaled feet --

candles burn,
and incense sweet --

all the people gather round
without a sound.

Heaven shines like a thousand suns
where the Ganges runs.