Bobbi Sinha-Morey's poetry has appeared in a wide
variety of places such as Plainsongs, Pirene's Fountain,
The Wayfarer, Helix Magazine, Miller's Pond, The Tau,
Vita Brevis, Cascadia Rising Review, Old Red Kimono,
and Woods Reader. Her books of poetry are available
at Amazon.com and her work has been nominated for
Best of the Net Anthology in 2015, 2018, 2020, and 2021
as well as having been nominated for The Pushcart Prize
in 2020.
Tears of the Piano Player
As if emptiness were spilling through
of the life she never had -- no tie to
the future to offer her a drop of any
hope, you could hear the loss of her
dreams in the keys and chords she
played; a stunted life at the age of
twenty one because no one would
let her grow, and all the time she
grew as a child in her ears she'd
only hear the word "no." To this
day if you see her under the open
sky you could pierce the veil of
her saddened nature; never a sign
of the slightest smile on her pretty
face, only shadows in her eyes
concealing memories past -- a tongue
so selectively mute that no secrets
could ever spill through. An introverted
girl with little personality; yet on rare
days an expressive face would shine
through. If she ever dared whisper
a prayer to heaven it would've been
snuffed out by a rush of wind,
making it only halfway there.
