I heard our song tonight

the note that said ‘push play’.

Wishes, dreams, challenges

paths joining and turning to one.

 

I heard our song tonight,

it played over and over

foreshadowing a life together

moving, changing, forever the same.

 

I heard our song tonight

the promise hanging in the air

notes lasting longer than breath

giving the emptiness form. 

 

I heard our song tonight

frantic, jagged, full of desire.

Fleeting and wistful,

it faded away as it began.

 

I heard our song tonight

notes that seemed foreign,

faded and worn

the words escaping my grasp.

 

I heard our song tonight

I had to look back at myself

someone I used to want to be

a person without a voice.

 

I heard our song tonight

the one I never hear.

It plays in my memory, alone,

making me wonder why I don’t

sing along.

 

 

I heard our song tonight