Those two days

Two days

Was all it took.

A day of rehearsals;

Discussing, analyzing, perfecting -

And then the day

We performed.

The day that changed everything.

 

I gave myself to the notes on the page,

Those two days;

I poured every essence of myself,

My heart and my soul,

Into it without realizing.

I fell in love with the song

And it ripped my heart from my chest.

 

I have never felt heartbreak

Such as what I felt when I had to walk out of that room.

I have never felt

Anything that strong.

 

The passion those two days created in me

Burns.

It burns unstoppable

Bright

And bold.

 

What started as a hobby

Became my redemption.

Dipping and diving,

Weaving and flying,

Soaring and cascading as an ocean of sound.

 

I have never felt so free.

 

There are technicalities, yes

Nuances

But the power I felt

Lies in the feeling.

In the

Emotion.

And not only did I get to share it

With someone I love

But with other people who work

Just as hard as I do.

 

During those two days,

I found myself within the song.

Those two days

Meant everything.

Those two days

Became who I am, 

And made me want to love

Fight for

Live in

The world they represent.

 

The world the music touched.

 

I write this

For those two days

And for what I hope will become

Forever many more.

QueenBee

VT

14 years old

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  • Love language

    Duet

    starting together ending together

    weaving around each other's sound

    adapting tuning

    instinctively fitting into the tone

    the way we want to do this

    the contrast

    played so perfectly

  • The boys in my class

    The agony of the human race

    simple creatures

    snickering at my poetry 

    banging their fists against their heads

    stalling work

    reading mushy parts of books they pretend not to enjoy

    saying stupid things

  • Sleigh ride

    Just hear those sleigh bells jingling, ring tingle tingling too

    F F F F F G F-D Bb C D C-A G F-

    imitating the human voice with instruments

    percussion back there repeatedly hitting the sleigh bells