My Own Song (February 2013)

I used to sing so rarely, and certainly off key, my world a cacophony of sound.

Nothing played in harmony. Life pulled me in and spun me round and round.

One day my body screamed at me – “Slow down! And breathe in deep.

Listen to life’s melody. Let your inner music speak.”

At first I could not hear it, being silenced for so long.

But when, at last, I heard its whisper, I listened to its song.

Unaware I owned (and wrote) this music deep within my soul.

Just a simple, quiet ballad – not exactly rock and roll.

The music played on. It drew me in. A smile emerged on my face.

How long had it been sleeping … waiting … In my quiet inner space.

The rhythm of this music has really settled in.

I feel MY soulful notes being played, emanate from within.

I FEEL it when I simply breathe and when I walk about.

Now joyous songs, I write myself, have turned MY inside out.

The “who I am” changed because I stopped and listened just by chance.

Now I sing, right from my heart. I may even learn to dance.