Prologue
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My notes float in the air, tracing a sinuous melodic path that leads me to you. In my mind, they follow the invisible red thread of destiny that connects my soul with yours. Notes that warm my heart, while longing invades me and leaves me sleepless.
It’s after midnight, and the waning moon is shining through the raindrops. The fresh smell of wet concrete takes me back to the day I first saw you on that rooftop. That night, you brought a glimmer of light into the darkest hour of my life. All my unattainable expectations, all my worst fears, washed away like the tears I shed in the rain. A shard of hope, a bandage for pain, a glimmer guiding my dark path, that’s what you meant. Though we are an ocean apart, I am not drowning in sadness. Your light still echoes inside me like a lighthouse in a rebellious sea.
I do not need words at this moment. My feelings unfolded with the intensity with which I struck the keys of this piano. The echoing musical notes tell our story in a language nobody speaks, but everybody feels. Our memories are in every bar. The taste of our rain-soaked kisses. The babbling philosophy of my self-help books. The Coldplay song that you used to play on your iPhone. The comfort that I felt when you wrapped me in your arms and picked up my broken pieces. The times when the warmth of my body soothed your demons. Melodies you’ve never heard of have filled all these moments. Simmering in my head, begging to be played.
I would rather not stop playing, even with this damn disease that saps my energy and stiffens my fingers. I wish that there would be no period in our music. Better a comma after a major chord filled with hope. The kind that leaves your heart expecting the next chapter’s scenes. I know deep down that no matter the time, distance or circumstances, our paths will cross again.
Liena Carter Long
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