-MIA- You saw me when I was fading, Like a candle trapped in glass. Soft kisses beneath the rain— But how can our story last When shadows won’t soften, Like the ghosts from your past? I scribbled into my notebook, stuck the pencil between my teeth, and let my fingers find the notes on the piano. Aside from the song pulled from Linda’s old notebook, I’ve been trying something new lately. Composing a few pieces. They’re coming together slowly. Some are about my mom, my family. Others delve into my own life, the dreams I had as a kid that never quite materialized. And a few… well, they’re about a certain boss. Like the one I was working on now. I paused, scratched out a line, scribbled something messier over it. "Wow. This is great… Whose song is that?" My heart did a full somer

