so what
if my life has been strung together
on a string of Alex's songs

fingers picking rhythms into the air
vibrating me into the next chapter
melodies carrying me on
until I forget.

all the happiest memories
and heaviest hearts
lie there in those moments
on the string of Alex's songs

voice drifting to chords
and from chords
silently knocking down walls
until we are all one
in the same.

from fifteen they've carried me
like lullabies and battle cries,
on on on,
onto the next tightrope I walk

bare feet balancing on a thread,
as a I wander forward
on the string that strings together
my life in Alex's songs