Waiting for music<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A harp is mystery, unlike<\/p>\n
the piano, which I played easily.<\/p>\n
A harp is rare in red dirt country<\/p>\n
and I had only books for teachers.<\/p>\n
But I wanted to play the harp<\/p>\n
not the harp of angels<\/p>\n
but the Celtic harp of bards<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
My harp was simple, plain<\/p>\n
and sturdy. Months I worked<\/p>\n
to make her mine, trading<\/p>\n
time & skills for music.<\/p>\n
But the music never came.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She has followed me across the world<\/p>\n
and back again, my Celtic darling.<\/p>\n
Like a lover out of bardic song,<\/p>\n
she has crossed mountain & sea<\/p>\n
sleeping in dusty corners<\/p>\n
To be with me.<\/p>\n
Hours I practiced scales, aligning<\/p>\n
clumsy fingers w\/ graceful strings.<\/p>\n
Still, the music hasn\u2019t come.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Perhaps now, as the horizon draws down<\/p>\n
and the light of August thins to dusk<\/p>\n
I will learn to sing with her. Learn<\/p>\n
her strings as if they were my own hands.<\/p>\n
The music might well come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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