brain fingers and soul unite

a child practices for years, a teen plays, an adult does other things, then --, another chance again this time to rediscover the past with music my attempts at the piano oncemore

the sound of the keys  so clear   so wordless   and again  I begin

slowly , like a miracle, the notes still can be read,   Bach in its purity

visits me  like

 it  did years and years past

slowly I play

each bar more assured

till there is music 

once again

in my own ears      and in the  room that was  forever silent...

a miracle    then the pause, the break , and now the words

a feeble attempt to draw a pictrure of my  once again 

rendezvous

 with Mozart, Bach  

and tomorrow ,with  Billy  Joel...

ahhh    sighs will be for later

right now contentment reigns  

if only for Today 

Marilyn  oct 10 2017

for my mother who made me practice and took me for lessons, for my dad who bought a piano into our lives    

Reviews

[barleygirl]

"The Piano" having played a central role in my childhood family (my dad played & we all gathered around after dinner) . . . I very much relate to your message here. Your wonderment is well-expressed as the childhood experiences are felt thru rusty fingers of later life. Excellent snippet of life to illustrate thru words (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Gee]

No musical instruments for me Marilyn, just truant. Hence years spent in dead end jobs.
My mum did anything and everything job wise my dad, well, he was just a waste of breath.
Lovely tribute to your parents

[marilyn 1225]

again u have talent and have learned a lot your self... I did grow uip privileged with books and piano lessons we were not wealthy but parents spent money on their children... you had a rough life I also have had many stuggles and a few dead end jobs and some not so dead I hope your mom and u are close.. mine have left... this side of the world...

[Gee]

Sorry to read that. Yep we are close, a nd if I'm not whoring myself to badly you might like to read " Halfway To heaven" which explains where we are at present in our relationship....sort of

[Tom]

Nostalgic poetry and touching sentiment, both your parents saw your potential and had faith in their child's ability and indeed, even after all these years, you have lost little of that early talent!

A wonderfully penned tribute !

[marilyn 1225]

Tom you have not lost your ability to write, with your talent I say '' sweat it not!" will look forward to reading and being enriched by your humor and rhyme and superior talent.. one of your gifts.. sure your folks saw it in you too!

[Tom]

Alas, no they didn't and still today, they don't!

[marilyn 1225]

you are lucky to have both of your parents alive to read your amazing rhymed poetry

[Tom]

They don't Marilyn!

[marilyn 1225]

they are missing alot

[Chris]

A wise couple...

seems we want to retouch so much rather than begin anew... some paint-over the bad 'til it isn't bad anymore (çept after midnight). Some never learned how to reach for themselves ...ever.

[marilyn 1225]

maybe why do painters restore art because the original piece had more value than the new one but that is a past midnite thought

[Chris]

chuckling here... most interesting thoughts seem to come after midnight...

[marilyn 1225]

definitely so wonder when the poem the raven was done midnight

[Chris]

Poe LIVED in perpetual midnight... sigh

[marilyn 1225]

I agree one of my favorite love poems was maybe penned at midnite Annabelle lee the scene is set on the beach by the sea where lies his beautiful Annabelle Lee. so u are so right about Poe

[jacob erin-cilberto]

relearning those loves from the past....i liken this to finding love again after many years of solitude.....

like riding a bike...we don't forget how....we just have to practice again....

[marilyn 1225]

so true I was just thinking that today.. it magically came back but yes lots of practice necessary u are a sage

[marilyn 1225]

Jacob, I had to just proofread this to change he to it was not the lover who came back from the past but the piano music kind of a lover too perhaps had the word he written by mistake lol hmmmmm