Two piano keys, repeating their notes
The wind will lift, a shoelace will rise
The wind will gust, a scarf will brush my face
The wind will howl, my skirt will flip
The wind will scream, my bag will be torn from my arms
The wind will strip everything from me and leave me
empty
(two piano keys, repeating their song)
The wind will tear out my hear
will devastate my memory,
leave. it. blank.
Two piano keys repeat their melody
My new existence will be
where I've always lived
where I was before
Everything will be the same
But I will be new
The magical world will be
where I walked for miles and
grew weary of
the day before
No old, tired memories
No redundancies
No boredom
Everything is new
Everything sparkles
The world is strange
The world is abrupt
Everything frightens
Everything dazzles
twopianokeysechotheirtrance
Nothing is old but trauma overwhelms
What should have been new
and exciting
terrifies
What was desperately sought
a change
refreshment
terrifies
(two piano keys repeating their tones)
Beauty becomes horrible
Change is brutal
Difference cannot be accepted
The mind swirls
Thoughts pummel
Nothing can adapt
The adult brain screams where the infant brain absorbs
A new world
A new body (two piano keys)
cannot breathe
cannot
survive
this
storm
Two piano keys repeating their tune.
About Me
- Ann Marie
- I would be remiss if I didn't extend my gratitude to the Fulbright program for this jaw-dropping opportunity, as well as to the Honors Department at the University of Louisville, for its hard work in ensuring my selection as an English Teaching Assistant to Oman for the 2012-2013 year. My brief bio - Born and raised in Amboy, WA, I attended Clark College in Vancouver, before going on to the University of Washington in Seattle where I earned a BFA in Fine Arts - Oil Painting in 2004. I then attended USMC Officer Candidate's School, and accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the summer of 2005. I served for four years as a logistics officer, stationed in Camp Lejeune and deployed worldwide. After the conclusion of my commission, I moved to Louisville, KY where I attended the University of Louisville, achieving a BA in Art History and a minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies.
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