Section Seven – Kendra Bragg
Photo by Sami Kathryn Photography
Her hand on the tabletop is little more than a shadow. She doesn’t glance up when I place the glass beside her. Her mood has darkened, or perhaps she just needs sleep. I sit next to her, looking at everything but her.
“This is what happens,” she tells me and from the sound of her voice I know she’s still staring at the table. “My energy just bottoms out all at once, everything falls into itself and I have to lie down.”
“It’s okay,” I reply, feeling stupid for allowing her to apologize. “I’ve stayed too long.”
I feel Sophie nod.
And yet, neither of us make any motion toward the door. We sit together, Sophie’s breathing shallow, her body limp in the chair while I stare out the window, a strange quietness overlaying the chaos of emotion just below my surface.
It feels good to be in the same room with her, to know her at the other side of the table. I hold to that feeling above concern and guilt, when it comes, holding to our easy exchange and the way we found each other again, after so many years. And when it begins to slip away, giving itself up to the riot of emotions so near, that’s when I know it’s time to leave.
Lover’s Leap by Kendra Bragg
written and performed by Kendra Bragg
Kendra Bragg Harding is a composer and songwriter from the Piedmont area of North Carolina. She was born in Winston-Salem and raised in Northern Africa and the Middle East, an upbringing she says has influenced her approach to music, as well as her passion for service. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Business from Gardner-Webb University (2014) and her Masters in composition from UNCSA (2017), where she studied with Kenneth Frazelle.
Kendra will be premiering several chamber and solo works throughout 2017 and 2018, as well as performing as a songwriter and member of The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs. She lives in the Piedmont area of North Carolina with her husband, Zack, and their dogs, Joni and Moon Moon.
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