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Piano Broke.




                                                                                                                                                                                              In one beat,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I can still hear the music she played, the emotional beats that set my soul at ease while hers blazed.
                                                                                                                                                                                              one sound, one                                  Each beautiful, harmonic note burning more and more each time, leaving no room for anything else.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              We wrote these words together, the music sheet was the only document we used to solidify our perfect
                                                                                                                                                                                              song, it was as                                 union, like a marriage certificate of sorts. Days turned to weeks, weeks to months and the piano could
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              not get enough of us. I miss those days, I long for such moments.
                                                                                                                                                                                              though we                                       Then the tunes broke, each note felt like a drag. No rhythm, we were no longer in sync. She was burnt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              out and I was trying to fix scattered broken glass. Our piano broke and no matter how much I tried to
                                                                                                                                                                                              held a                                          hold it with glue, it didn’t matter.

                                                                                                                                                                                              concert, and                                    She was the muse for these new lyrics, the only thing that blew away the dust on this old piano. Now
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              broken, nothing to hold on to. Divorced. We no longer make sense because we were held together by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the piano.
                                                                                                                                                                                              our only


                                                                                                                                                                                              audience were


                                                                                                                                                                                              our


                                                                                                                                                                                              hearts moving


                                                                                                                                                                                              to the


                                                                                                                                                                                              hypnotic feel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Acrylic on Canvas
                                                                                                                                                                                              of the                                                                                                            i: 24’ by 30’
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                                                                                                                                                                                              moment.
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