Sonata In Black and White

Black parallel lines
On which black notes
Left like clues in time
Are held suspended
On white pages

Ebony, Ivory
Keys to more than
Music or mystery
A map to treasured
Places

Beethoven takes my hands
And once again we play
Together in the
Moonlight

Mary Cody has been writing poetry and short stories the past two years while taking part in a local Writers Group hosted at her local library in Guilderland, NY. She is retired from two career paths, the first as an Electrical Engineer and the second as a Doctor of Clinical Nutrition.

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