Keyboards

Lessons learned from watching parents

of lullabies, hymns, carols and love songs.

Played with passions as felt when listening

while trying to rehearse life’s solo

and find the notes that ring as self

among the many compositions created.

 

But the fingers still touch those old keys

where so many others played before

with the hardest part of practicing

is appreciation the artistry of the instrument.

 

For now matter how skillful is the mastery used,

regardless of the talent possessed

unless a joy comes from embracing that reality

about how without the musical device

nothing ever truly expresses the song of the soul

or the melody of the heart.

 

It is so easy to think of the harmony we share

while forgetting the means needed

in order for it to have sound,

because they all come from heaven’s music store

as a loan before taking harp instructions.