Silence fills the room. No creaks of the wood, no sizzling of the dying fire and no light apart from the dimmed oil lamp that stands on the bureau. Silence. Pure silence. All that I can hear are the footsteps I create along the lining of the Axminster Rug, as I paced my self towards the grand piano in the parlor. The keyed instrument, so stoic that one cannot imagine how much devotion it bared upon a single pianist or if seen through the glass panels of the window, a young girl. I make my way over to the instrument, knowing of a creature sleeping heavily in the west wing. I steadied my thundering steps as I perched my self on the bench, smoothing my finger along the engravings above the keys. The golden shimmer it refracts from the tinniest light made from ember in the mantle shines gloriously above the black maple. I lift the housing, allowing her to breath in the bleak atmosphere.

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I glossed over the scales with my fingertips, weary of a dead key at the cliff of the outer rim. My spine aligned with the floor and my elbows parallel to the floor as my fingers smoothed the starting notes. I glanced around the parlor for a figure to appear, long fingers taping at a watch that he straps on his forearm indicating the time as if the moon cannot. Piecing blood shot eyes that can be seen beyond the thick layer of shadow he casts.  I shake away such thought and bring my attention back to the piano. I inhale steady breaths and my fingers tremble mid-air above the keys. I play.

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One note touched the other as music floats along the scale. My fingers subconsciously twinkle along as I feel rhythm beginning to form beneath my fingertips, lifting into the atmosphere and surrounding the room. I may not see it but as I close my eyes, I can feel it. Every inch of my body tingles as music is swept around my waist and intertwines with my hair. A breeze singing soft chants flourishes as I am set free. The chains are broken as my mind floats elsewhere, free of all chaos that weighs me down like carrying the weight of a billion stars, waiting for another universe to open in order to set free light into an endless dark abyss.