Page 39 of Hard Rock Muse

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I thought about all the music we had made in the years we were together. I thought about all the music that was lost in the years we were apart.

I put the pen to paper and wrote.

“There we go,” I said, folding mine into a similar square.

I got the lighter out of my pocket and held it out to Julian. He took it from me and flicked it on, touching one corner of his paper square to the flames. He handed the lighter back to me.

I lit mine up, watching as the tiny flame consumed the words I’d just written.

The words I hadn’t known I’d felt until just now.

If I can’t have you to myself, then I’ll share you with the world.

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