Against the Gathering of Stars

Against the Gathering of Stars

In the corner, upright, stands a guitar.  Only one string remains on the guitar.  But one string can make music.  Your fingers, strumming high and low, might fill the whole night.  A simple song is still a song.  Even a solitary note, if only a bursting for an instant or if pressed long against the gathering of stars—even that is a song.

--Mitchell Hegman