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TITLE: My Song | Previous Challenge Entry
By tamara artist
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I once knew of a woman, who sings to this very day,
She always had a smile on her face, always something nice to say.
Her tunes never seem to tire, the song never ends,
Just as life shakes her up, she starts the song again.
When I was lonely and it was time to give up, it was then I was able to hear,
Her harmonic melody caught me by surprise on the darkest day of that year.
I was deaf to the world; it kept me focused on my past,
Where life is what it seems and good things would never last.
My tortured soul shut down my heart; my ears have not yet been restored,
I only heard pain that followed the hurt; this was all my ears could afford.
The mistakes that bound me unraveled one day, to make room for some hate,
Instead somehow it did not make it and there stepped in my fate.
I heard a woman’s voice singing, the words I could not comprehend,
But the sounds that came from this voice some how lured me in.
Her falsetto was flawless her pitch was perfection
I was drawn by the melody as I moved in her direction.
Encouraged by the words and intrigued by her thoughts,
As she shared with me the battle she once fought.
She explained her light came with this song, and gave her the vision to see
What she had inside herself enabled her to be free.
She could see what was unseen, said life won’t end here on Earth,
She said she would live at peace forever, it was promised to her at birth.
She said until she gets to her resting place she sings and follows this light
She said it comforts her, and allows her to sleep at night.
I longed to learn the song she sang, to bring about such feelings,
I stared at her mouth to catch the lyrics, which sounds so appealing.
Her gentle whispers combined with her past, makes the perfect tone,
Her songs entice the frail and touch the soul, so then I tried on my own.
I was amazed at the sounds I made, happy I stayed on key,
For the choice to learn this song, was not an easy one for me.
Soon my pitch was too high the words I did not understand,
The task of learning this song became more difficult than planned.
I stumbled on most every word I could not get it right,
The words I try to memorize I seem to forget by night.
I am distracted by my neighbor’s voice, what I meant to say I did not,
As hard as I try to remember the words- I still forgot.
It meant so much for me to learn, so I knew I would get it soon,
But my voice was very shaky and I couldn’t hold a tune.
Frustration sets in at my failed attempts; I’m singing it completely wrong,
Then the woman touched me and said, you can still just hum this song.
There are so many people, who cannot hear this song, so I took it upon myself,
To keep this tune inside my head and teach somebody else.
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