Of Love And Acoustic Guitar

I always remember her when I play my acoustic guitar. I have these random flashbacks of everything we had when I first tried to teach her how to play the guitar and the songs we usually share together way back. I guess it was the best explanation on why, after a year, I stayed stuck and couldn't move on as she was still in my mind day and night 'til I closed my eyes and dream.

My stringed instrument reminded me so much of her as it was the reason why I found her. I just learned how to play acoustic guitar and was playing and at the same time singing "Hello, Goodbye" by the Beatles on a corner in our school one day, when she passed by. Then she paused and said to me "Hey, I love that song." Before we knew it, we began talking that lasted like for hours. After, that "simple meet-up turn into a lengthy chit-chat" which then blossomed into the most beautiful thing that ever occurred to us - love. It was one of the best moments of my life. But it turned sour later and our relationship ended.

I never saw her again after that. She transferred into another school and I was left with my broken heart.

Though we already said our goodbyes, still my heart belongs to her. I still wondered how she was everyday; I still wondered what she was doing; and I still wondered if she thinks of me the way I think of her. I couldn't get over her. And instead of focusing into the fact that it's over, I always turned into my musical instrument and started singing and remember all the beautiful memories we shared especially the moments when I tried to teach her how to play acoustic guitar.

My guitar became the sweet escape from the reality that kept on knocking at my door. It was my portal towards a world wherein I constantly deny the fact that she was not in my life anymore. My acoustic guitar was my break away from the truth that continuously tormented me.

From those reminiscing moments, I learned how to play acoustic guitar really well and decided to write a song. I entitled it, "Goodbye Isn't Over". One day, I sang it in the same corner I met her and after finishing the whole song, I heard someone sobbing. I wondered who it was. When I looked up, to my surprise I saw her, and she was crying. She hugged me and said, "I thought I would see you here, and I did. And by the way, I come back to say, yes it was never over." I just hugged her tight dumbfounded. "Besides", she continued, "You never finished teaching me how to play acoustic guitar." We both laughed and continued hugging.

Author is a musical teacher specializing in playing the acoustic guitar. He teaches acoustic guitar lessons for beginners.