When the World Was Quiet
When the world was quiet
and the people hidden away, nowhere to go
our souls whispered to us in the stillness
and if we paid close attention
we heard the melody of our heart’s song
tinkling through the trees,
harmonizing with the babbling creek at our feet
lifting off the page as we scralled
our words across the paper, lyrics to our lives
dancing in the colors we smeared across canvases
giving shape to our passion
We heard it low and sweet
in the voices of loved ones
separated by miles
in the smiles on their faces
and the warmth in their embraces
in the strum of a guitar
the chime of pressed keys
the soaring of our voices
the vibrations of drum beats
Remember
When the world was quiet
Remember
When the distractions slipped away
Remember
this time and know
Remember
that when the world was still
we craved the sun
and the grass and the trees
Remember that when the noise was quieted
we were artists
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