It All Started with a Song

Lorna Ye
Lorna Ye
Nov 4 · 2 min read
Photo by ulle ofrom from Pixabay

My aunt’s tape recorder was playing a song
in a language I didn’t understand
its tune vibrant and cheerful
making the then 6-year-old me
dance and hum along

That language is English
who entered my life like morning breeze
from an open window, making me
wonder what was outside

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Lorna Ye

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Lorna Ye

Writer, thinker, mother, and storyteller. Ph.D. in Communication. https://brightspeaking.com/en

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