Silent keys

 He sat at his desk deep in thought, trying to find the words to best describe his love for her, but the keys were silent. He tried to remember all she meant to him over the years, all he wanted to write to her, but the keys remained silent.

 He wanted to tell her all she meant to him and how just thinking of life without her made a hole in his heart that could never be healed. But still, the keys were silent.

Then, a memory of their first kiss came to mind, and he could close his eyes and taste her lips. He remembered asking her to be his wife and how she cried with tears of happiness. He remembered being by her side when their first child was born and how they cried together.

Then the keys came to life as one memory after another found its way to his fingers, and the keys sang out like their favorite song. He smiled, knowing his memories awakened the silent keys, as everything he wanted to say to her flowed like a river running straight from his heart.

Mike 2024