On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W³ Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

I am so incredibly proud to be your PoW! Thanks to David,
O’Nika, and all of you who read and liked my echo poem.
I was deeply moved by your gracious comments.
For this week’s challenge, I have chosen the shadorma,
with the theme being “Sensory Details”.
I hope all of you are enjoying the challenge!

on mute

dust settles
soft on white and black;
my fingers
know each curve
yet hover, trembling above
in the gray stillness

sheer curtains
sway in soundless dance;
sheet music
sits, waiting
for a language i once spoke,
now a foreign sound

the stool holds
the shape of someone
who would sit
and create.
i stand at the muted edge,
hearing the quiet                

one pressed key
will splinter silence,
but the room
remembers
more than my hands can forget,
the last chord i played

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#W³

*Nancy’s Notes: A shadorma is a six-line non-rhyming poem of Spanish origin with a specific syllable count per line: 3/5/3/3/7/5. A shadorma may have one or more stanzas.

This is “Baby Grand” by Billy Joel ft. Ray Charles

W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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