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The Keys

October 30, 2014
By Anonymous

My hands aren't fully grown,

My fingers can't reach a full octave,

These lines and symbols

Move like they are being swept

From their locations by a tornado.

 

But still,

I move extra cautiously,

Crawling from one note to the next,

Deciphering whether to allow myself the freedom

To jump, to lean, to turn, or to fall.

 

I graze across the white as pearl bars,

And trek to the think black borders as needed.

It is unbelievable,

The voyage those innocent fingers experience

In such little time.



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Zjea100 SILVER said...
on Nov. 3 2014 at 4:57 pm
Zjea100 SILVER, Tacoma, Washington
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Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I love this! Such a powerful metaphor...keep writing!