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Anxiety Through Guitar

May 5, 2021
By Scotty_Boi912 BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
Scotty_Boi912 BRONZE, Fort Collins, Colorado
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“Can I try your guitar?” I ask nervously to my dad.
“Sure” he said, which suddenly put me in a state of happiness

 

When you first pick it up, you will feel the potential it holds

You will find the possibilities it will give you of another world

It will give you what you need to take a breath away from reality


Unlimited options of playing the guitar however you want

From learning new techniques such as harmonics

Or creating your own techniques to make your own unique sound

Playing each fret that creates different sounds.

In any order you like to create various songs and riffs


Or just learning ones that have already been made.

Taking it to another level by learning challenging songs

And in those songs

Learning challenging solos that show your strength

With guitar. Trying new guitars

Such as different brands or different types of guitars

Such as 7 stringed guitars, or 12 stringed guitars

You can always learn something new with the guitar


You can always create something new with the guitar

There is endless amounts of different interests

You can create with a guitar.


You can learn romantic songs, rock songs

Heavy metal songs, jazz songs

Piano songs, blues. Millions

Upon millions of choices to choose from when playing 

Guitar.


“Play something for me,” some people will ask when I show my guitar.

“Okay,” I say with a nervous tone.

But this is when I choke

Anxiety takes over my body

As I try to take out a melody with the strings,

I slowly lose confidence


As I pluck the strings I can feel my fingers slowly losing memory

As I stutter trying to fix my mistakes in the song

My face turning bright red

I think to myself, “I’m not ready for this”


But then I hear my friend say, “it’s okay!”

I’m not sure how to feel, 

I stand there my face burning red

I feel like there are a thousand eyes watching me

Even though it’s just one pair


The author's comments:

I wrote a poem


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