Her recorder, smaller than she remembers it, now covered with a decade’s worth of dirt.
She wipes off the mouth, lifts it to her lips. A sighing sound burdens the breeze as her breath stumbles through.
Somehow her fingers find the holes with ease and tap out a hollow melody.
Prisha is a high school student who aspires to be a successful author one day. You can find out more about her at prishamehta.com.
You’re off to a great start, Prisha. Keep it up.
It’s a long hard road to travel. All those hours and hours of sitting alone with a carnival of characters all yammering and stammering to be heard and have their share of the limelight.
But it’s worth every blood-wringing minute, trust me. The highs are worth the lows,
Good luck, girlfriend.