More or Less

I was a prodigy with the piano once---

and we were good at making each other happy

but my fingers go to be so they were

lifeless

And our harm to them was so predictable

and obnoxious

but my thoughtlessness was not meant to be so

thoughtless

I was impressionable and I found that endearing once---

and it was something to look forward to if you were my acquaintance

but I was starting to turn and I didn't think the degree would be so

painless

But it was so---

and I was numb to all this fluidity

and looking for a skyscraper to call my home