Music……it’s so profoundly linked to personal memories, isn’t
it? Hearing particular songs can stir powerful emotions and take us back
in time – to a moment or event perhaps, a person or a phase in your life.
Medo…….he
was beautiful in every way, but truly a star-crossed voyager on this earth. Though
years younger than me, he was one of my best friends – soul mates of the very
platonic kind…….with Piscean sentimentality and over-active emotions in common,
we understood each other’s words and were comfortable with each other’s
silences. To many of his questions I had no answers; I just listened and we
reflected and shared.
Elton
John’s ‘Can you feel the love tonight’ is one that does it for me. It always
brings back this beautiful person who flew off to be with the angels too soon. The
song drifted out of a shop window yesterday and he’s on my mind.
Medo…….he
was beautiful in every way, but truly a star-crossed voyager on this earth. Though
years younger than me, he was one of my best friends – soul mates of the very
platonic kind…….with Piscean sentimentality and over-active emotions in common,
we understood each other’s words and were comfortable with each other’s
silences. To many of his questions I had no answers; I just listened and we
reflected and shared.
For me he
was someone I could count on, someone who listened and lifted me when I was
down and firmly put me in my place when he felt it was called for.
Coming from
a musical family, he was well tuned to music, had a beautiful voice and could
play a number of instruments. But, as usual, he was self-deprecating
and even I had the pleasure of hearing him croon soulful ballads only on very
few rare occasions. But I’ll always remember the evening I heard him sing the
soundtrack from the Lion King. It was just a small group of four or five of us;
he picked up the guitar and started strumming softly. I can still see him in my
mind, a faraway look in his eyes and a half smile on his lips. Later, he self-consciously
brushed off the compliments.
The star-crossed
voyager whose travels have taken him to lands far and unknown………..but he’s on
my mind…..
There's
a time for everyone if they only learn
That the
twisting kaleidoscope moves us all in turn
There's
a rhyme and reason to the wild outdoors
When the
heart of this star-crossed voyager beats in time with yours