Food for the Soul
My whole world had fallen apart. And here I was standing all alone and staring at it blankly… totally incapacitated by the feeling of rejection and loneliness.
Was there anything that could lift the weight of this grief which was weighing so heavily on my soul… something that could lessen the pain?
And then something happened. The cloud of loneliness suddenly lifted.
My sick and weary heart found some solace.
I don’t know whether it was the verse or the melody or was it both?
My soul basked in the warmth again.
It was when I heard that song again.
I am taking part in The Write Tribe Festival of Words 8th – 14th December 2013. The Theme for today is Music.
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December 11, 2013 12:52 am|
Read the first line, and kept thinking where you were going with it. But then, read the whole thing and loved it 🙂
December 11, 2013 1:24 am|
Thank you Sid, glad you enjoyed this drabble 🙂
December 11, 2013 12:58 am|
You are the Queen of Drabbles! 🙂 Music like books have that quality to make us happy and sad too …
December 11, 2013 1:28 am|
Yes, the best is when the music (lyrics too) matches with your mood or gives perfect words to your mood! Thank you, Sheethal 🙂
December 11, 2013 1:17 am|
A superb post with intense feelings and few words
December 11, 2013 1:37 am|
Thank you, Saumya 🙂
December 11, 2013 1:50 am|
You amaze me with your perfect posts Shilpa 🙂
December 11, 2013 4:44 pm|
😛 😛 Thanks Sunita, glad you enjoy them 🙂
December 11, 2013 1:56 am|
Beautiful Shilpa…Music can definitely lift up our spirits…and some lyrics are so powerful…words of wisdom no at times?
December 11, 2013 5:53 pm|
True, sometimes you can take away some really profound thoughts from songs! Thanks Aditi 🙂
December 11, 2013 5:27 am|
So true, every once in a while some songs have the ability to magically transport to a place in our memories that we didn’t even remember existed 🙂 Nice post 🙂
December 11, 2013 5:57 pm|
Well said, Jairam! As they say, music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent! 🙂
December 11, 2013 7:31 am|
profound.. music can have that affect on you.. Loved reading
December 11, 2013 5:59 pm|
True and what makes it all the powerful when it is a reflection of your thoughts, your feelings! Thank you Nischala 🙂
December 11, 2013 8:22 am|
wow…
no words.. liked the line..’when the pain penetrates the music resonates…’ wow once again..
December 11, 2013 6:00 pm|
Thank you, Pratikshya. Glad you enjoyed reading this piece 🙂
December 11, 2013 8:32 am|
Music sounds doubly good, when combined with pain! Interesting perspective.
Destination Infinity
December 11, 2013 6:06 pm|
Oh yes, it happens. You listen to a song and you realize that yes! somebody understands you! Thks Rajesh 🙂
December 11, 2013 8:59 am|
Loved it lady. Indeed beautiful 🙂
December 11, 2013 6:06 pm|
Thanks Shalini 🙂
December 11, 2013 9:55 am|
Lovely! It is true, of course! Music can really uplift the moods.
December 11, 2013 6:12 pm|
Yes, like they say, music is the moonlight in the gloomy night of life. 🙂
December 11, 2013 10:49 am|
Whenever, I also feel lost or struck, I start playing all the tracks on shuffle. Hoping that some music may penetrate the darkness to a door near by. 🙂
December 11, 2013 6:13 pm|
That’s a nice strategy! Welcome back, Praveen. Good to see you! 🙂
December 11, 2013 10:51 am|
The soft notes of music are an ambrosia for a troubled mind. Excellent post!
December 11, 2013 6:13 pm|
Well said, Ma’am 🙂
December 11, 2013 10:56 am|
Oh yes music and lift your spirits, music can make you cry 🙂
December 11, 2013 6:13 pm|
True that!!
December 11, 2013 12:40 pm|
Great minds think alike – my opening line is “music, food for the soul”. Music is so uplifting.
December 11, 2013 6:15 pm|
Wow! That’s cool 🙂 Liked your journey with music, Suzy 🙂
December 11, 2013 12:58 pm|
WOW, is all that I can say 🙂
December 11, 2013 6:15 pm|
Thank you, Aparna 🙂
December 11, 2013 2:39 pm|
that’s the power of music
December 11, 2013 6:15 pm|
🙂
December 11, 2013 3:24 pm|
Music is so many things – it can make you cry or stop you from crying.. Loved the way you put it.
December 11, 2013 6:16 pm|
Agree with that. And it is so overwhelming when some songs mirror your emotions and you feel that they were written only for you!!
December 11, 2013 3:46 pm|
Music definitely heals and the type of music that we hear also depends largely on our mood. For me, music is like a balm and there were times when I have cried listening to the lyrics(and I did not mean it in a bad way)
December 11, 2013 6:18 pm|
I know what you mean, Prasanna. Have experienced this, there are times when you get this feeling that a song was written specially for you and it resonates so well with your state of mind!
December 11, 2013 3:54 pm|
Many times music has made a melancholy day much brighter!
December 11, 2013 6:19 pm|
Oh yes, music has that power to change you! 🙂
December 11, 2013 4:53 pm|
Loved your take!!
December 11, 2013 6:20 pm|
Thanks Privy 🙂
December 11, 2013 6:10 pm|
When I read the first two lines, I thought it would be a sad and a morose drabble but music uplifted the mood. The title of ‘Drabble Queen’is rightly yours , dear Shilpa. keep it up.
December 11, 2013 6:22 pm|
Thanks Kalpana… glad you enjoyed reading this Drabble. 🙂
You are kind… I guess, there are miles to go, these are very juvenile attempts! 🙂
December 11, 2013 7:33 pm|
Emotions unplugged. You’re too good with Drabbles. 🙂
December 11, 2013 7:52 pm|
Thanks Rekha 🙂
December 11, 2013 7:51 pm|
Oh music has gotten me through literally the worst times of my life.. I can’t even begin to explain its influence really… theres a song for every emotion we feel, isnt there?
December 11, 2013 7:53 pm|
Oh yes, there is a song for every emotion and sometimes you wonder if it was written only for you!!
December 11, 2013 8:49 pm|
oh yes.. a song, a melody can ease the hurt and the heart much easier than words sometimes!! 🙂
December 12, 2013 12:20 am|
Oh yes!! Music has that soothing and healing power too 🙂
December 11, 2013 9:06 pm|
It is amazing what a soothing balm music can be. It has helped me though some of the worst moments of my life. ♥
December 12, 2013 12:21 am|
I read about musical journey, Kathy and it is so cool that music has been an integral part of your life!! 🙂 ♥
December 11, 2013 9:49 pm|
Perfect. Precise and Pointed. Loved your entry. 🙂
December 12, 2013 12:22 am|
Thank you Rituparna 🙂
December 11, 2013 10:00 pm|
Music has no language. Beautifully written.
December 12, 2013 12:22 am|
Well said. Thanks SG 🙂
December 11, 2013 10:08 pm|
i agree shilpa, music is exhilarating!
well said!
December 12, 2013 12:24 am|
True… the magic of music for us to enjoy and rejoice! 🙂
December 11, 2013 11:24 pm|
Hi!
A very relevant post! good music always cheers up the mood!
December 12, 2013 12:24 am|
Thanks Ankita! 🙂
December 12, 2013 12:23 am|
Some songs bring back the lost smile. 🙂 Nice post.
December 12, 2013 12:25 am|
Well said, Payal. Thank you! 🙂
December 12, 2013 1:13 am|
I am speech and awe struck at ur notes, Shilpa:)
December 21, 2013 4:00 pm|
Thanks Vishal. You are too kind 🙂
December 12, 2013 4:29 am|
The drabbling effect of music….. 🙂
December 21, 2013 4:01 pm|
🙂 🙂
December 12, 2013 6:02 am|
Music has many moods to it… It can soothe us so magically. Loved your musical medicine Shilpa 🙂
December 21, 2013 4:02 pm|
Thanks Reshma 🙂
December 12, 2013 12:26 pm|
music has that effect on the soul….and most of the times we love a song not so much because we like to hear it, but because we associate it with someone or something we like….
December 21, 2013 4:09 pm|
You are spot on, LP 🙂
December 12, 2013 7:32 pm|
Yes music can have that effect on us…
December 21, 2013 4:10 pm|
🙂 🙂
December 12, 2013 9:14 pm|
Soothing music is truly a balm to a battered soul or even otherwise. Beautiful composition of words, shilpa. I am amazed at the way you churn them daily.
December 21, 2013 4:11 pm|
Thank you Asha 🙂
December 13, 2013 4:36 am|
Nothing better to lift a soul!
December 21, 2013 4:12 pm|
Absolutely! 🙂
December 13, 2013 12:13 pm|
Music sure does that to most of us 🙂 Chanced upon your blog from a common blogger friend’s.. glad to have stopped by 🙂
December 21, 2013 4:13 pm|
Thanks Seeta and welcome to this blog. Good to see you here! 🙂
December 14, 2013 7:50 pm|
Music is life.
If music can make plants grow faster,better and happier,there must be magic in music.
Shilpa,you write so well,You are so original.
December 21, 2013 4:14 pm|
Yes, have read about this research. Isn’t that amazing!
Thanks a lot Mr Chowla 🙂
December 16, 2013 12:16 pm|
Loved the piece and double loved the quote in the pic !! 🙂
December 21, 2013 4:15 pm|
Thank you Sreeja 🙂
December 19, 2013 5:56 pm|
I can totally relate to this one, just like everybody else.
December 21, 2013 4:20 pm|
Thanks Shilpa! Your exams are over!?!
December 22, 2013 6:07 pm|
🙂 Yes. 🙂