Poetry
The notes fly out
Stealing your breath
Transforming the way
You see the world
The light shimmers
On the stage
The music echoes
Through the empty hall
I’m all alone
The red velvet seats
Stare at me
Soon to be filled with people
My breath catches in my throat
As I sit on the edge
Of the stage
My feet dangling, it’s a long jump
Sound fills the hall
The notes bound from wall
To wall
Each shimmering note dances
Like beautiful diamonds.
- BETTY B.D.
Rings forged with love and affection,
A wedding aimed for bliss and perfection;
After our first kiss as husband and wife,
He replied with a sentence to change my life.
I was drafted for war, said the emotional soldier
Congratulations, I countered, faking composure
He was gone for six months, called every day
It was not enough to keep my sorrow at bay.
One day, a knock; my love returns today
No, an army official, with a yellow KIA.
Sinking into grief, my heart drowned in tears
Waiting for no one for what seemed like years.
Eternally bound and forever alone,
I never loved again.
- ANNA K.
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Army Bride
Magic of Music