my muse - d. swing

two

June 18th, 1991 ✨

It was the next day and I woke up at the house. I was laying down in my bed and I really wanted to go to the studio today. Especially since Devante could be there and I'm really feeling him. I think Uncle Andre left already and his daughter and my cousin Madison is at work so I decided to catch a cab. I threw on some clothes and went outside to catch the cab.

The cab had picked me up and drove me to Uptown. I got out the car and walked in. I went in to see if Devante was here and I didn't see him. So I sat in the studio and sat down near the piano. Since I had nothing else to do, I started singing Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston.

I believe that children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride, to make it easier
Let the children's laughter, remind us of what we used to be
Everybody's searching for a hero, people need someone to look up to
I never found anyone to fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me

I decided long ago, never to walk in anyone's shadow if I fall, If I succeed
At least I'll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me, they can't take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all, is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all inside of me
The greatest love of all, is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself, is the greatest love of all

Then someone started clapping. It was Devante. I just got real shy there. He walked in the room and sat next to me on the piano.

"You have a voice, you need to go big" he told me.

"I don't know, I mean... I sing around the house but, I'm not really into the fame thing" I told him.

"You have a killer voice Diana, don't give it up. If you don't wanna be famous, at least write a song" he said.

"Songwriting?" I wondered.

"Yeah, I wrote some of the songs on Forever My Lady. Honestly, writing songs is really my outlet" he told me.

"How do you do it?" I asked him.

"Simple, you write from the heart. Just write whatever you feel" he said. "What do you feel?".

"I feel hungry" I laughed.

"Alright then, sing something about being hungry" he said.

"That sounds so stupid" I laughed.

"Just do it" he said.

He started playing the piano and I started singing.

I am so hungry, I really need some food
I didn't eat any breakfast, before I left for you
Some pancakes would be good, waffles or bacon
Just somebody feed me, I'm really craving

DeVante started laughing at me. I started laughing right after.

"I told you it was stupid" I said.

"Nah it was surprising nice D, I liked it" he told me.

"Thanks" I smiled.

We stared at eachother. His luscious eyes were so beautiful. They were gazing at me.

"So uh, Diana. You ever had a boyfriend?" he asked me.

"Well... I did. We broke up a few weeks back" I told him.