songs

Why are there songs

that transport you to that night or moment

that make your stomach do somersaults, quite uncomfortably, reluctant to remember,

that bring a grin to your face but a twitch at the heart,

that make your soul travel for a split-second and touch another soul, involuntarily or not,

that no one else but you can cry to,

melodies and memories that wring emotions

only you can feel.

Why are there songs so

powerful they bring you back to that rainy day

the last touch

the first

the songs that you sing in your head but never aloud for fear

of what could happen, what should’ve happened,

tunes that slice through the heart,

that make you close your eyes and wake up to a scene so familiar

hidden bodies of water caged by lime, the promise of love without the promise of forever.

Why are there songs

that turn your blood cold and hot at the same time

that undress you, baring every piece of flesh, that throbbing heart,

leaving you shivering, wondering, remembering

the shadows beneath the beating heart, hearts,

the fear, the elation, the shower of sadness trickling slowly, washing no memory away

that turn your hands ice-cold, the knot in your stomach tight,that yearn to come out but do not for fear of acknowledging a feeling, possibly hidden, that can only come alive

through song.

Why are there songs

that unearth the unremembered,

that expose what has been hidden,that are words and songs to a stranger’s ear

but the key to the turbulence within you.

Why are there songs

that do not stop me from listening,why these songs

that make time travel possible without moving a limb

why songs

are the only one with such power to move, to daze, to pierce, to freeze, to lure, to unarm, to make me weep

and wonder

why i listen still.

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A forwarded piece from Gugs...

not sure of the title & the author.