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!”

Saint Honesty

Open up the windows

Let the rain come in

Don’t be afraid to get a little wet

Pull away the curtains

And all that’s uncertain 

Let rain bring relief to your soul

Let the rain come in

And wash away the pain you feel within

The make up that you put on

The mask that you slip on

To conceal all that pain in your soul

Though you don’t want the world to see

Cause they would perceive you weak

But for that moment be you

Don’t be afraid to bear your soul

What’s the use of staying dry and warm

Put a little music on

And move to the rhythm in your soul

Let it move you 

And take control of you 

Taking over your mind and soul

For those moments forget the pain within

And move to the rhythm you feel within

Keeping count to your heart beats

Waltzing away your care and pain

Don’t be afraid to wet the floor

Let the pain you feel 

flow through your tears

Don’t try and hold it in anymore

So let that tear flow

Bring all the sadness you feel out

Let those tears wash away 

The pain you feel within

Bring hope for a better morrow

Bringing a healing from within

You may feel a hopeless feeling within 

When things don’t go your way

When you want something so bad 

But you end going a bit mad

Because it seems so far away out of reach

When do things ever go as planned

Or we get the things want 

Cause though we may want it

They may not be necessarily 

what we need

We don’t have to loose hope

Or stay in the darkness for long

Cause it may be dark now

There’s alway hope that

After the darkness comes the light

Just like there’ll be daylight after the night

We don’t have to wallow in our pain

Or just keep it to ourselves 

Just reach to someone you know of

Who’ll be there to hold you

And try and support you

Dust you off and get you back on your feet

You don’t have to be low and alone

Struggle with your pain all alone

There’ll be someone to lift you

From the depths of despair you fall into

You don’t have to face it by yourself

There’ll always be a helping hand 

Someone who cares and understand 

Just be brave to accept it

And ask for help when you need it

They will always be there for you

Rain on us, Saint Honesty

Salvation is coming in the morning, but now what we need

Is a little rain on our face from you, sweet Saint Honesty