Concrete beds wrote tales of stone

Frigid air waked flesh and bone

Breaking bread, humbled, alone

I blessed each day the sun still shone

Crying skies lent ballad’s blues,

Gratefulness for leather shoes

And sanctuary’s wooden pews

Kept confession’s tears from view

Tiny blossoms sprang with hope

Pen to paper’s how I’d cope

Haikus carved in cardboard coats

Cleansing me though sans of soap

Summer sun’s gold elements

Tempered my discouragement

In villanelles, weeping laments

I found my heart’s encouragement

Leaves decayed on brittle grass

Shortened days, gold never lasts

As naked trees stood, unabashed

I held my head high, this shall pass

Winter never broke my will

The passion raged inside me, still

Frostbit fingers gripping quills

“Homeless” only honed my skills

Until today, with fire waned

This finale verse drips from my veins

Graphite scratches, lead leaves stains

Of dying words, I pray remain

A cup of change from skipping meals

Sharing what no streets can steal

I signed my obit., stamped and sealed

Expressing death and how it feels

“Precious stones capture our gaze

But, only flint yields fire’s blaze

Growing cold in worlds of gray

Without my voice, I died today”

Through my silent tears, a song of memories fall

With every drop of water, heartache does recall

Each cry of remorse a note of love-how it pierces so!

Each day more distant is your smile-melodies from long ago

Never again to hear your voice so comforting and strong

Wish do I to turn back time...our conversations to prolong

To learn from you the many things your gentle heart has known

That I might understand this life, instead of being alone

My heart so weary burns for you like a frozen flower inflamed

Still am I-yet a fiery love I have within untamed

My silent tears fill then my heart and overflow with love

And sing my song this song of tears for you to hear above

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Though I am now without you, decided have I today

That you shall live within my heart and your memory there shall stay

It's an entry to a different world for me. An escape, my secret dreamplace. I find myself feeling the emotions of the song, responding to it. I find myself feeling the pain of a heartbreak, the joy of attaining your dream and so much more through music. The song manages to stir up a part of me I didn't even know existed, it brings out a person that was otherwise asleep. The lyrics manages to rhyme with some segment of the story of my life and strike a chord with me. I find the song giving words to my thoughts, my life. It's a time of utter bliss, it's divine. I find myself relating so much to a song.

It's a time of perfection, happiness and joy. It makes me believe in the happy side, in the joys and bliss.