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We were born beating to different drums. But it was more than that, you always marched to the rhythm of your own song. Eventually we stopped trying to march side-by-side. We both composed our own melodies, unable to distinguish the beat of one another’s drum. Until I can only hear my own harmony and realize you stopped hitting your drum all together. I have no gifts to give, I can only stand beside you and beat our old tune waiting for you to find your rhythm and begin to beat again.
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 8:43 PM UTC
The Drummer
We were born beating to different drums. But it was more than that, you always marched to the rhythm of your own song. Eventually we stopped trying to march side-by-side. We both composed our own melodies, unable to distinguish the beat of one another’s drum. Until I can only hear my own harmony and realize you stopped hitting your drum all together. I have no gifts to give, I can only stand beside you and beat our old tune waiting for you to find your rhythm and begin to beat again.
dana-k
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Dec 21, 2014
Dec 21, 2014 at 8:43 PM UTC
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