Piano Fingers
a breakup nonet
By Sarah LennPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
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Your piano fingers played me like an old upright
knowing where the sharps and flats resided within
the forte and crescendo of heart strings
a spontaneous melody of your choosing
scales running up my spine
oblivious to the different
tune you played
on another
heart
*Note: Instead of syllables, I used word count because the visual pyramid felt poetic here.
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Sarah Lenn
Using writing as a way to capture snapshots of emotion on a screen whilst life happens. And life has thrown me some curve balls. Always striving to find a path through the chaos...
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Comments (3)
Wow , excellently crafted
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Magnificent! As a pianist, I love this! My favourite simile to express heartbreak. 💔😢