vibes*
her hand slides across the cool metal,
fingers tasting the sounds
untouched
just below the surface

she hesitates,
then softly dips into the vibrato

she takes a deep breath
and soon
the chords envelop her -

the echoes slide on her skin like satin,
full of promise,
empty of their own feeling,

but it speaks to her heart
as she fills it with her own
(c) 2001 Krissi M.
*Vibes as in Vibraphone.  Not good vibrations, or anything like that.  It's the instrument.
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