Alpine

Inspired by "See Red":



Alpine like your name
Is the name whose blood crucified the mountains
Alpine like your name
Is the crystal that reddened our winters with laughter
And gifted us with silvery whines of dying trees

...Deep in heights of ice
His name held your fingers in lungs
Blowing from the sweet-poisoned cup of his hands
A breeze of starry chords
On the snow of your birthday

He's far and happy today,
Speaking his blood with the heart of your keys
He's crazily dead in sadness and life
When he dances his ordeals on your museful face features
He is your name,
You are his key
Opening surreal gates, as one ...

- to Mr. Balázs Havasi
20.12.2011

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If I got it right, Havasi means "Alpine",
therefore the title of this Christmas poem.

"The name whose blood crucified the mountains" is Jesus.
He "reddened our winters with laughter"
means that he died in vain.
Proof are "the dying (Christmas) trees".

"Alpine" made me think of the driven snow,
which symbolizes purity.

"The crystal" is the omniscient Jesus - like a crystal ball,
a "crystal" being also the microscopic image of
the driven snow, hence the similitude between
Havasi's name and the divinity.

Holding his breath, Jesus held Havasi's fingers "in his lungs"
and gifted him with talent, so He can now speak His ordeals
through Havasi's music.

Havasi is Jesus' key, but his power is limited,
being able to open just "surreal gates".

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