The Space Between the Notes

Are you comfortable with silence? Do you try to fill in the space between the notes?

The space between the notes

I remember the early days
of you and me in the key of C,
when the space between us, C to E,
once felt like distance,
the silence like emptiness,
wondering what went wrong.

In those days, we found that
C and D in unison
sounded a lot like chaos,
disharmony; two notes
without enough space
to breathe.

You and me in the key of C
are finally learning
to treasure the spaces
where magic can grow
and love can bloom
undisturbed.

We're learning to play
C and E, in unison,
and still leave room
to play our whole notes,
alone, in our own times
of solitude.

May we remain confident
in the love between us, the spaces,
the silent D, the quiet distance,
without worry or doubt
that when we choose to re-unite,
our notes will still resonate in harmony.

For now I truly believe that fearing silence,
the space between the notes,
is like fearing love itself.

SWPoet
2-6-2010