i never knew that i could find music in a person
but now i have found a chorus and melody
a verse and note
a perfectly composed arrangement of sounds that i love to play on repeat
a tune that never gets old
a song that i show to everyone, always claiming it to be my favorite
i've known the artist for longer than you'd know, i found it first
like a deranged fan girl at her favorite band show, making sure everyone knows she is the biggest supporter.
i would stand in the front and give my undivided attention like no one else was in the room, and let my body do what it wanted to the vibrations i felt in my chest.
never fully understanding the lyrics of this song
but holding it to my ears so desperate to be aware of what it meant, as if my ears could grasp it's intent by the tempo
yet i am left with more questions and answers that remain atonal.
a song that echos and booms to the same battering in my chest
shortly to realize that they seem to align just the same.
a baritone that makes my ears perk up and fingers tap any surface they could find.
even the chromatic notes that do not belong, i know it is perfectly made for me.
this is my song, this is my song.
i will play it everywhere i go.
it is at the top of my playlist, my first choice when someone asks me to play some noise.
music like this is also a lesson
a teaching of love and kindness and how to hold myself.
a pick in a book to mark where i left off, always coming back to see what more i could learn from it.
this sound of crescendo, filling my mouth, my ears, my throat when i sing along.
my day of looking and searching and struggling to find such perfectly written harmonies
had led me to this song.
to forget it and lose it in a bank of hymns would be cataclysmic.
i love this song, i hope it plays for me forever.
