Ryanne Molinari

An Active & Imaginative Life

October 15, 2018

To an Old Piano on the Roadside

They were going to throw me away,

Out with the rubbish bin.

I, who you used to play,

When you were small children.

Did it not mean much to you?

The scales we learned together?

Maybe if I were shiny, new,

I’d be kept out of the weather.

But moving on is hard;

You had to lighten the load.

So I’ll wait in the yard,

And maybe down the road…

Though my keys have grown brittle,

My legs liable to break,

If you remember a little,

Music we yet can make.

So join me as I linger

Beside this busy road.

Play, you friend and singer;

Lighten your daily load.

Poetry

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Ryanne Molinari (MLitt, University of St. Andrew’s) is a pianist/organist, pastor’s wife, and lover of words. She is the author of Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together, and her writing has been published in journals such as the Journal of the T. S. Eliot Society (UK). Connect with Ryanne by subscribing to her blog or following her on Instagram.