cedar guitar
the living wood
handcrafted into the shape
of a guitar
sanded & stained
sung to during creation
—strung by strands of steel
one slightly slimmer
than the other
lithe like a woman’s figure
fine-tuned & alluring
october two thousand twenty-four
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved
jdubqca 
This is so beautiful.
Thank you, I’m happy you think so.