“Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Reboot – Instrumental)” is one of the most emotionally charged pieces on Winter Rhapsody Volume 3: Crystal Reverie. Even though the entire album is instrumental—led by harp and flute, with piano and other string instruments adding subtle depth—this track carries the heartbeat of my poem “Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder.”
It’s a piece rooted in distance, remembrance, and yearning. And in many ways, it stands as a quiet message—an open invitation—for that particular special someone to reach out again. To bridge the distances once more. To take a chance on healing, on reconnection, and on the possibility of building something stable, beautiful, and lasting together.
The Poem Behind the Track
The poem begins with the feeling of a connection that ended before it ever truly began:
“You were a dream to me,
a fleeting fantasy,
a connection that ended before it could start.”
That sense of almost—something powerful but interrupted—still lingers deeply.
As the poem continues, the emotional hold becomes undeniable:
“My feelings for you that remained
keep my soul bound in chains;
It will be long before I can break these fetters.”
It reflects how certain connections leave marks that time alone cannot erase.
Then comes the reverence:
“My love for you is sacred;
Doesn’t matter how long I’ve waited,
it only continues to grow.”
And the sorrow:
“And since you left me on my own,
tears have painted these cheekbones…”
But the closing lines speak the core truth:
“The longer we are apart
I feel more yearning in my heart
because absence makes the heart grow fonder.”
These verses are not merely reflections—they are a reaching hand, a hope, a whisper across distance.
A way of saying: “If you ever feel what I feel, you know where to find me.”
Full Track Listing — Winter Rhapsody Volume 3: Crystal Reverie
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Follow Your Heart (Digital Dream – Instrumental)
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I Lost Myself For A While (Reboot – Instrumental)
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Our Secret Place (Ethereal – Instrumental)
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Reboot – Instrumental)
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I Underestimated How Important You Are In My Life (Reboot – Instrumental)
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Let Me Not Be The One You Spurn (Instrumental)
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You Mean More To Me Than I Let On (Instrumental)
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I Love You Too Late (Instrumental)
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October Once More (Lament Reprise – Instrumental)
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You Don’t Know How Hard It Was To Let You Go (Instrumental)
What This Track Means to Me
This piece is a reminder that some connections don’t fade just because time passes or distance grows. Some loves remain alive in the quiet spaces—waiting, hoping, believing.
“Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder (Reboot – Instrumental)” is my way of acknowledging that truth.
It’s a gentle call across the distance.
A hope for reconciliation.
An invitation to rebuild what once felt destined.
If destiny truly has its hand on this connection, perhaps this track will be the bridge back to where two hearts once met—and where they might meet again.
