08/31/07
The Piano
31. Coda
In the grey area between imagination and reality, the pianist plays on. His music inspires memories from a life lived long ago and brings back thoughts of things that should never have happened. His life is a testimony to talent and love for something that is, in itself, not quite real and not quite imagination.
His fingers have touched hearts, have brought happiness when life was dreary and have helped others make decisions that were rather different from his own. Whether they were better or worse is hard to say. They were simply two diverging paths stemming from a fork on the road.
He’s created life and joy and, in the minds of those who love him and were touched by his music, he is immortal.
And that is the only recognition he wants.