The Piano Man

The worries evaporate from his mind 

As his fingers rest on the keys.

However tiresome the world around him got,

This came to him with ease.

Magic poured out from his palms

in the form of a melody.

Passersby stopped to marvel

but it was not them he wished to please.

His eyes became calm yet childlike,

the years fell off his face.

He laughed in the soft moonlight

as he changed the music's pace.

She watched on adoringly from amongst the crowd

at the unrestricted happiness he exuded.

Her heart was brimming with love and pride

but perhaps she was deluded.

In that moment she prayed

for his happiness and health.

As she opened her eyes she realized

the melody had come to an end.

He had disappeared into the shadows,

Never to be seen again.