106. Freewrite: Concert

Freewrite: Concert

I used the first word this random word generator came up with for the freewrite below.

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Concert Hall. Concerto, a piano concerto. Playing in a dimmed concert hall, all you see is the wooden floor and the shiny black piano lit by the ceiling lights. Your tuxedo, your fingers. You dance acrobatically all over the keys of the instrument. You are hypnotized by your music, your emotions, your dream-like trance you have entered when you indulged yourself into this piece. When will this moment ever end? You don't want it to.

But, now you start to think... Yes, in the back of your mind you think. "There are hundreds of people watching me in this concert hall. Behind the veil of darkness and shadows are eyes watching my performance." As you think more, you begin to nerve yourself. "What if I mess up?" The light, free prancing becomes a calculated move, a precise striking of the machine, in order to produce the orderly sound that is appropriate for the audience. You begin to think about the technicalities of the piece.

What happened to the emotion? What happen to the genuine expression of your heart? You opened and poured out your heart in the beginning, but now that you value what others think, you sacrifice the true substance of the song. Forget about them. Forget about those eyes. Let what is not important fade away into the darkness. Let it recede to the concert hall. Return your heart to the true essence of the music of life. Open your heart and pour out the excesses of your emotions--until all that's left is you and the melody of your heart. Nothing but you and your beloved muse.