So what exactly happens when you are listening to that old number again?
The song which had faded down the subconscious...the melody you would hum as the happy little feet tapped and made the prettiest gestures with the little arms gleefully... the song which would add new words to your vocab - enriched by the lisping attempts of the little one...the rhythm which would bring a twinkle to the eyes of the little darling and would set him off in motion, circling around the length and breadth of the room with ecstatic steps...the song which had all the power in the world to light up the sulky face of a little greedy soul denied an ice cream in the immediate past...the song which in the laziest hours of the day ensured that he sprang back into action - that busy little body in red toddler boots...the song you played almost strategically each time you knew nothing else would work...the song that was magical then..and yet could not re-instill life into the cold wrinkled body drawn out of the lake..
What exactly happens, I wonder...when you are listening to that old number again which was so loved by the child that left so abruptly...
The child lives in the melody. That's the inexplicable magic.
ReplyDeleteVery true... :)
DeleteI love how you beautify the little happinesses of life.
ReplyDeleteThere are certain things and people which are universally beautiful. To everyone they appear beautiful. And there are some things which are made to look beautiful. Starting from texts in the classes to these little things of life, you make things beautiful with your perception, presence and words. ❤️
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, my dear Snehha. Means a lot :)
DeleteThe song evokes a lot of memories. Probably, my grandmother or mother sung it for the first time when I was about to fall asleep. I don't remember when I fell in love with that song...humming it in my subconscious mind...probably not aware of the meaning or the lyrics but there's a sense of feeling evoking and like the children who followed the pied piper of Hamelin, my heart followed the song. It still does and I get flashbacks of a child humming it,not aware of the lyrics or the meaning but there's a joy, a joy which is just easier to feel than explained.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Can understand. Thank you for sharing, dear Sulagna :)
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