Music,
It’s been many years since I’ve written you – although we are never apart, forever together.
You’re like an imaginary friend with no physical body. I guess if I had to explain what you look like or feel like – I would say that you are like the caress of the wind. You are able to touch without a physical presence. So, thank you for your magic and your wonder.
Your words have helped me to realize that I’m not alone in many things that I’ve felt over the course of my life and those ties that bind have helped me to sustain my belief in humanity – helped me to always remember that at the core, we all feel.
You also sustained my belief that love exists. I don’t know that I can say that I’ve felt that earth-shattering, out of this world love connection with anyone yet, but I remember how many times you’ve sung about it – in different genres. So, I trust that you know what you’re talking about. After all – how could there have been that many loves worth singing about and not one for me? So, I believe.
I appreciate that you’re ever-changing, but also constant. We’ve grown together over the years. Evolving and maintaining all at once – into forever.
I don’t imagine that we will ever run out of silence, sounds, words, or even time. That lets me know that you are one of few people or things that will truly follow me to the end. This brings me ultimate peace. It would only be right that the presence that was the soundtrack of my life would be there with me to meet my death.
I appreciate the high echoes of your piano notes, and the low timbre of your guitar strokes.
You’ve made me cry.
You’re made me laugh.
You’ve reassured me.
You’ve reminded me.
You’ve taught me.
You’ve made me smile.
You’ve made me hum.
Most of all – you’ve made me dance.
You’ve held my hand for a long time.
I’ll be feeling you – in the next song, always in the next song.
–S.
The Messy Middle 🖤 