Secret Friend

SECRET FRIEND

You were there

All along

When I was alone

And did not belong

There were times

I wanted to go…

But was comforted

By the care

You’d show

Disappointment

Sorrow and rejection

Create a constant

State of dejection

Yet your presence

Allows for reflection

When all else

Seems to fail

And all my efforts

Are of no avail

I need but turn to you

And the angst

And pain subdue

I have held you dear

Keeping you close

To me you’re dear

And used against me

By others I fear

If it weren’t for you

I would not be here

I wish you knew

What you meant to me

How you help make

It possible to be

And how my heart

Can fly high

And free….

-Shiidon, February 2012

I tunes crashed.  I lost some of my music.  I found how to get it back and did.  In the process I started listening to Seals and Crofts.  There were and are many times in my life where I have felt or been alone and it is in music that I find comfort, solace. The only other musician that has done as much as Seals and Crofts for me is Enya.  Of course there is the pantheon of Beethoven, Vivaldi, Mozart and Rimsky Korsakov as well but they speak to me in a different way.  For some people it is a good book or a walk in the woods.  So, needless to say, I have almost 200 gigabytes of music, my companions.  I will say one thing though.  it was a thrill to meet Dash Crofts at a Bahá'í Feast a few years back (he is a Bahá'í and does not live far from here).  I was able to ask him a couple of questions about some of the songs that I have burned into my being.  It was a memorable time.