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Music Echoes
For a long time after Keith died I could not listen to music.... it held too much pain because he always had music playing in the house. I started to heal, but then my heart broke again.... Now my heart is healing and the music plays again!!!!
Having music in the house again prompted this
Music Echoes
Music once was part of life
The songs of yesteryear
They held a place within my heart
As daily I would hear
The notes and words
Echo through the house
Silence reigned for months
My heart was broken then
The music of my youth
Had no meaning for me
I could not hear the notes
The words did not mean a thing
Just when I was coming back
When music started to play again
I could hear those words and notes
My heart was broken again
Silent stood the player
Dust covered on the bench
It’s out again and playing
My heart has learned to sing
The cracks have been papered over
The dust blown from the player
Music echoes through the house
The notes are back again
Dawn Millen 2012
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Comment by Dawn- Clouds Mum on January 21, 2013 at 6:51am -
I will keep on dancing Chez, glad to do so. I know that the music was Keith's, but the house was always alive then. Once he died it was difficult to listen to music, the house just was not the same... and never will be again... but life came back during a very short lived relationship, when the relationship failed the life and music went again too. A few months later the music came back, slowly, but surely I could listen again, life had returned. Now as you know I have also got Dave in my life and the music is continuing to play and yes we do dance.... just the way that Keith and I used to years ago.... I am happy again, different life, but happy.
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Comment by chez2all on January 20, 2013 at 8:16pm -
Dawn, I so relate to this. We always had music playing in our house, lots of noise, kids, dogs, tv...then Glenn became sick and died, everything fun stopped. Slowly things came back as I tried to give my kids a childhood. And eventually everything BUT the music came back into my life. Even after I remarried in 2006 music played but it was Doug's music echoing around the house. After his death last year I couldn't bare any noise in the house. But with support from my wonderful friends here and one particular widower who shall remain nameless (lets call him Hendrixx lol) I was able to rediscover MY music once again.
My new home can be quiet but it can also pulse with life - music, kids, dogs, tv. Feeling the life return is an amazing experience, appreciated that much more because I lost it for so many years.
Thanks for this post, keep on dancin'
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