When a Song can save a LIFE!

He stumbled out of his car, at an ungodly hour, after driving aimlessly all night. He felt weary, his eyes teary, after trying to hold it together, inside. His heart felt heavy, but his pockets were empty, and his wallet as light as a weather. The only weight that he felt was the one on his head and the weight of the world in his shoulders.

He had dreams, he had plans, ambitions he had, but somehow they all went wanting. There were so many things he wanted to do,  things to see, things to do, with a lot to achieve and prove. He had the drive and abilities to make them true. But he lacked a  Plan B, and the year turned into a deadly foe, that left him feeling hopeless and low. It had thrown a spanner in the work, poured water all over his plans and now he didn’t know what to do. He saw his world crumbling around him, threw threatening to bury it under its rubble. He felt the walls closing around him, such that it would squeeze the life from within

So he made his way to the bar, after wandering for hours, he had nowhere else to be. He needed to drown his sorrow for there was no tomorrow, or escaping the fears that threatened to consume him whole. But then the bar was closed, and though he knocked on the door, no one was opening it for him. So he peered throw the windows and stared at the bar, imagining the bartender pouring his drink. And then he saw the old piano and remembered the wise man who tickled the ivories, passing sage advice to patrons who needed it most with their drinks. So he began to sing to himself.

“Sing me a song, oh you Piano-man

Sing me a song tonight

I am cold and weary 

And life is so dreary 

How I wish I could end it all tonight!”

And low and behold, he heard the wise piano-man replied to his pleas!

“Son look around, 

There are many to be found 

Who are sailing in the same boat as you

If you make it through the stormy weather 

Life’s only going to get better

You’ve just got to stay afloat

Even grey clouds have a silver lining

So you just stay shining

You’ll find your pot of gold 

At the end of your rainbow 

Remember the harder you fall

The higher you will rise 

Rough time will makes a tougher you

You’re going to get stronger 

So hold on a bit longer 

You’ve just got to learn to adapt

So son don’t loose hope 

Just learn to stay float

Find it within you to withstand it all

You have it in you

A strength you never knew

That will help you rise when you fall

So stay a little stronger 

Hold on a bit longer

Just believe me you’ll sail through!!!”

And as he heard these words in head, he no longer felt dread, or the anxiety that threatened to choke his life. His heart filled with hope, and he now believed he could would survive. So he wiped off the tears, that now begun to show, he now had a renewed belief in life. He knew he could overcome whatever obstacles that would came and the lemons that life threw his way. He was hopeless no more!

So he sighed and sang to himself...

“Sing me a song Oh you Piano-man

Sing me a song tonight 

Cause I no longer feel lost

And I will fight back at all cost

Cause your song just saved my life!”