A Reunion

The guitar was laying there
looking at me
like a stranger

Still in its cage
still untouched

"Why this space between us?"
"how come you left me here?"

I reached out
grabbed it
Touched the soft wood
on the back of it's neck

"I didnt really leave you
and the space is not just between us
but also inside me"

"I'm a living dead, you see
a zombie"

Then I sat down
and started to play

Of course
nothing came out
and the empty space in my heart
was deep as the darkness
between the stars

J.Lehmkuhl