We are the Right Now

by [pens&feathers]

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In the stillness of a summer night, I can’t tell if I’m awake or dreaming.

Everything around me is coated in a fine layer of music, drenched in sharps and flats and flowing strangely in a sweet idyllic tune. My heartbeat keeps the meter of a metronome.

And as the warm air flows through the slightly opened window, I know that this is my overture. This is my beginning. And I can almost imagine that somewhere outside my window, the stars bear witness to this rebirth and send down their own dissonant chords in subtle syncopation.

Each note reverberates through me in a tremor of emotion. Each sigh, each glance expands into a song.

And can you hear me? Separated by space and time, perhaps, but tied together in the music of this night, this moment. I can almost feel you there, on the fringes of my consciousness, sharing with me this summer’s song, this symphony, filled with all it means to be here and alive and happy, if only for this one moment.

We are the right now. And we are infinite.

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  1. We are the Right Now

    someday_93's Buddy Icon someday_93

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This is absolutely beautiful.

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    horrorfan13's Buddy Icon horrorfan13

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    This is wonderful. It graps me with its rhythm and pulls me in. It beautiful.

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    Storykeeper of Fae's Buddy Icon Storykeeper of Fae

    Posted about 1 year ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Saving to clippings…I can always count on you for beautiful prose.

  4. We are the Right Now

    [pens&feathers]'s Buddy Icon [pens&feathers]

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Thank you!

  5. We are the Right Now

    T.F. Torrey's Buddy Icon T.F. Torrey

    Posted 11 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    As a reader, I’m thrilled to find stories as moving and touching as this. As a writer, I’m jealous of your lyric prose, and your ability to connect so intimately with the emotions of thinking, feeling people. It’s both a gift and a skill, and you’ve definitely got it.

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