Your Song

People love music. Some catch the notes. Others,. The lyrics. And I wait for a story. A story that unfolds in a song, Emotions confessed. Perhaps some regretted Reason I love Folk songs is that they always convey a story, perhaps a story from history or legends, long lost in the past.

Then there are the romantic tunes, Songs that make your heart ache. Or perhaps take you on a trip down nostalgia lane. There are some songs you carefully avoid in your playlist. But never delete them, I wonder why. Hope? Or the habit of holding on to memories? Or perhaps a reminder that the people and places are not ours anymore. Sometimes when you brave your feelings to listen to them, they take you back to places where the song doesn't feel the same any more. Is it because of the people and places we associate with them, or perhaps that one person who gave us that song?

Some songs make you feel like you are in a scene of a movie. Certain songs you prefer to play on your long drives, sync and imagine your hair blowing in the wind in slow motion. Then some songs take you to a world of imagination.

Songs that can make you dream and hope. Then there are the patriotic ones that leave you with pride, moist eyes and goosebumps. So many feelings and one source: Songs. Where Poetry meets Music...

So, the best way to let someone know they mean so much to you? Find them a song meant just for you two. The best way to hold on to a place? Listen to a song sitting there. A song that can be a memory, or lyrics the feelings unsaid. Even if the person leaves, or you come away from the place, every time the song plays, you will go back there and feel the way you felt when you chose that song.

© Suranya