Silenced Heartstrings in Key of C

By: Felix L. Perry

That old, battered guitar sits alone now

Long silenced by its forgotten tunes

Only echoed in its mellowed sadness

By the haunting mourning of lake loons

His music finally faded into yesterday

Like aching dreams not meant to be

Now stark black and white reminders

Of a smile he still wished he could see

Now the empty walls reflect silence

Of the song that should have been

A heart’s duet sang on love’s own stage

If a twist of fate never came between

The final curtain is slowly closing

Time has taken from him all it dared

His frail heart grows weak and weary

Too much bitter sorrow has it shared

But somewhere, somebody loves him

That last thought comforts his mind

For that love is proof that he once lived

And in love left something true behind