Kate gave me something she calls “EARWORMS!”
Now I must convert the structure, the tone, the notes into words (not the words- just the feeling of the music).
I’d never heard it before, but to me fast repetitive piano reminded me of things that rise and fall (waves, chests etc). Then, the singing patterns she uses such as singing “are” and “I” twice reminded me of the way you do two steps on the same foot when skipping. (I’m a big fan of skipping- why don’t adults skip?). I’ve tried to get all this into the format, the story and the words.
We’re small
She skips
I follow
I fall
She stops
We’re friends.
We grow
Still
she skips
Still, I fall over
and over.
“Adults”
people call us now
Still she skips
still I fall
over
and over
Only my heart skips
Only for her.
One day
she hears
head on my chest
she whispers
“You too?”
I nod
She stands
“Never stop skipping”
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