It’s been a long day,1544Please respect copyright.PENANA5v1txePjLe
and I’ve got little to say.1544Please respect copyright.PENANANsL4HI3MxR
The pressure of everyday life is getting me down,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAcPinAlaaTS
and I just need anything to break my pungent frown.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAKjDgws6QrX
So, I grab my earbuds and my MP31544Please respect copyright.PENANAOq3ArbXVII
and when I sit down for peace and quiet, he sits close to me.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAI3E1OJ8RCm
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No words dared to part from our lips1544Please respect copyright.PENANAv3kHQSPrSK
as we avoid holding hands, yet sat tied by our hips.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAiX1OakAZrh
We listened to Music together silently,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAwxLhs9o0l5
respecting the other’s company and space leisurely.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAnykJuyEBpu
I used to enjoy the rampant, bustling sounds of Music,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAqjHHJC68va
an experience no more or less fascinating than magic.
I keep the volume of the Music low,1544Please respect copyright.PENANA0xe1MVbPPE
so that I can hear the sounds of Nature and Music together flow.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAvHVLzCN662
I hear the chirping of the birds,1544Please respect copyright.PENANA5CwGaYKaRl
I hear their every songlike word.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAW5aPUjSUkg
I hear the whispers of the breeze,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAY5FkLdEOvq
as they brush their way past me and the trees.
The sounds of the world hum gently into my unbudded ear,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAXRrmbRBnKl
while my MP3 tries to consume all that I hear.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAUxcgdfeKvc
The Music playing was his favorite kind,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAEivESOM7Zm
and although it wasn’t mine I didn’t mind.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAJsG6cpgAYN
His music was quite chaotic and crazy,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAkkshNUJcKY
while I preferred sounds more quiet and lazy.
It is why I preferred the tender sounds of Nature,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAfVecbvXrGC
sounds that in my lonesome have come a long way from being a stranger.1544Please respect copyright.PENANA9blra3HlMY
I like to take things nice and slow,1544Please respect copyright.PENANA3KQsvNJ3w8
like how Nature takes its time to develop and grow.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAYDFnV3rzxO
But Music grows much too fast with no time to unwind,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAoubcBv7BoU
and if you cannot catch up you’ll be left behind.
One would normally think that Nature and Music combined couldn’t blend.1544Please respect copyright.PENANA6cKN5ov089
However, the two forces together managed to call the other “friend.”1544Please respect copyright.PENANAYyWGrfGckA
They grew up together from seeds to flowers,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAFWwa1SIQoY
living life blissfully in the clouds like the tops of towers.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAolzZEu5X6b
You see, Music and Nature are one and the same,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAo0DTBTEfie
but they are also as alike as a boombox to a flame.
The soft resonances of the natural world are Music to my ears.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAbFxMQtAmaN
They fill with me up with so many emotions, and even my fears.1544Please respect copyright.PENANA9aZDe20Gra
It reminds me of how scared I am to move on and let go,1544Please respect copyright.PENANA3S6FVbWvxc
all because Music grew up too fast and Nature too slow.1544Please respect copyright.PENANA0NNSQ9g6H0
As time can often move slow I may still be the same,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAS2V6nTJrno
while he may leave me behind as nothing more than a name.
In the end, the Music from my MP3, as it must, comes to a halt.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAbB3VPZ57XQ
The world he and I shared splits apart hastily by an emotional fault.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAFmdKktrbIH
We go our separate ways without uttering a single word,1544Please respect copyright.PENANAQhEoUSrVCN
and the lines between Music and Nature no longer seem so blurred.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAiuPilxqWRt
Music and Nature can go together, but there was something driving us apart.1544Please respect copyright.PENANA1hdy5NFnpC
He and I in some strange, natural way could not fully love the other’s heart.
“Goodbye!” I finally reached him with a cry.1544Please respect copyright.PENANAJUG6waQSH4
With a wretched smile he yelled back, “Goodbye!”1544Please respect copyright.PENANAsyvpgY0SyP
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