Julie, it helps to know that the turn is not working for you. What I am trying to suggest is that the silence and control of her life on the surface gave no hint of the passionate emotion that came out in the music she played. Nothing else gave away anything of what might be going on beneath the surface. So, yes, I was moved by the music, but also astonished that my mother had that hidden beneath her surface. Anyone who does not know those particular pieces of music might miss what I am trying to suggest here, and that is a weakness in the poem. But I am also trying to suggest the emotional power that the music conveyed to me, through my metaphors. The moon here, for me, suggests my mother's isolation, but also the power of what's suppressed.
Susan
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