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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