The Music Within
led into Maya's bones like a
yelled at her mom In anger, unknowingly. But as
t behind her, and th
sanctuary. The posters of her favorite musicians, the lyrics she had scribbled on sticky notes and
The guitar case was tucked insi
in her che
c had been a part of her, woven into her identity so de
icking up her guitar
d and sank onto the mattress. She hugged her
a musician. Maybe she had b
off the nightstand, un
ed was filled with classmates sharing college acceptance let
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e, here
hool, her
ted, the words b
again, reading it for what
t to info
t?? R
s, her fingers gr
Had every song she poured he
ose in h
r fingers were sore, writing lyrics in the margins of her noteb
for
e to
onto the bed and burie
them would erase the rejection. But it didn't stop. The dam broke, and suddenly, she
essing her face against the
eless, but she
sappointment crashed over her, drowning her
he suppose
round this dream. If she wasn'
ght terr
ually quieted, leaving her exhausted, her bo
her back, starin
hest
happened. The occasional honk of a car horn, distant lau
ya fel
e again, her fingers hov
r best friend's voice, to be reminded
at if
The moment where she realized she had been c
ne fall onto th
hear Shine's optimis
her eyes and let the
row would b
find the strength to p
let the darkness
e room was bathed in darkness. The only light came from her phone scr
. For a moment, she just lay there, unmoving. Her body felt leaden, as
s weren't just a disappointment, they were a confi
cing the wall, hugging her a
gain. She could almost hear the strings of the
about picking up the guitar, letting the m
move because wh
now, it all seemed like vivid imaginations. S
t
s rea