redemption

today, sitting in the pew of a cathedral by the bay, a piano and a violin take me away to a place that is pure, where harmony meets melody making love to sounds that get under my skin, making me forget where i've been and make me feel something like myself again.
ribbed vaulting and marble columns capture the music that this angel plays so fast, like capturing a firefly in a glass jar just to sit and watch it glow and make life a little brighter than it was before.
her fingers move as if every stroke is bringing us closer, she moves as if to show me that if she goes faster she could make time everlasting so we'd have enough time to continue smiling after.
that was something i did before you. along the way, on the road of confusion to chaos, i forgot how to smile.
she knows my pain, she knows why i can't cry anymore and feel secure in my skin. she sees my doubts, she can see it bleeding from my knees as i lay there at her feet, reaching out, trying to touch something good, something sacred.
before i was empty i was beautiful. trees calling out my history to the howling wind whispering words of beauty nymphs would remember to tell people who passed by. though, that was a long time ago, before the rain came and i took comfort in pain-soaked days, wiping away all the good i had inside me.
today, playing the violin in a cathedral by the bay, she rescues me,
and now i know i'll be ok.