"Once I lived with a Song"

Once I lived with a song..

The song had a beautiful smile..

The song had a nested soul..

The song believed in itself..

Once I lived with a song..

Everymorning it hummed in my ears..

Every evening it sang to me to sleep..

Every now and then it helped me live..

Once I lived with a song..

The song had a dark side..

The song had forbidden brink..

The song was sad..

Once I lived with a song..

It once woke up choking..

It was entrapped inside its own fright..

It meant to break the walls of steel..

Once I lived with a song..

Its sufferings became unbearable..

It was time for it to forget it all..

It was time for it to end..

Once I lived with a song..

I couldnt see its plight..

I couldnt help it either..

I watched it die till the end..

Once I lived with a song..

The song looked at me for help..

The song couldn't figure out how..

The song needed a friend..

Once I lived with a friend..

My friend needed a guide..

My friend needed a hug..

My friend needed to live..

Once I lived with a friend..

It was the song that I sang to it..

It was the warmth I forwarded it..

It was my heart I gave to it..

Once my friend lived in that song..

When I sang that song, the lines had meaning..

When I hummed that song, the melody had the sweetness..

When I ended that song, the echoes kept reverberating..

And Once and for all..

The song was not alone..

The song had found its solace..

The song had been recorded and preserved..

It was a lovely song..

It was a lonely song..

It flew into thin air..

And spread its wings as it flew...

-Aditi Bhandari