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Silence

December 19, 2009
By Wickedgirl95 SILVER, St. Louis, Missouri
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We may not talk everyday, we may not live next door, but true friends are there they are the ones that think of you and care how you are doing.

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Music dances across the page

Your hands glide through the air






And then




The one



Wrong note

Your hands are paralyzed



















Silence…


Is the swelling fermata












But realize…

Music needs a breather

Let

It







All


Sink



In

And remember…

Fermatas last only as long

As you wish them

And don’t let something as simple

As a wrong note

Keep you from conducting

Your own symphony of life

© Lauren H., Johnson Creek, WI

The author's comments:
I wrote this for my dog, who died, and all the days I would sit and cry. The only thing that would make me feel better was to play my music...
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