Notes
The notes from piano keys tap on my heart
This music reaches a sad place, a very sad place
Where tears hide and heartbeats hold painful things
My mind tries to sort out so much that hurts
Some things are stuck and rusted from the past
The rest is right here, happening right now
To acknowledge, but also to distance from
To grieve, but not get stuck in any dark hole
To keep on surviving, when that has been a theme in life
And to still know my limits, when there is much to do
To have faith in the darkness as past and present merge
I can still see, I can still be thankful and I may still rest
I watch my friend suffer and I look back on others I couldn’t save
The tears begin to fall from my flooded heart and I tell myself,
I’m cleansing once again, once again, skies will clear
I must be alright, I will be alright, peace will return again
Heidi Sands
5/5/22
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