what if we all started out

as pieces of instruments

scattered in salvage yards

until we joined other pieces

to create whole instruments

capable of music?

what if certain instruments

then found each other

on pawn shop shelves

and assembled orchestras

capable of symphonies?

and if, as time passed,

pieces and instruments

were reassembled

to create new sounds, new songs,

wouldn’t we still feel the echoes

of each note ever played?