have you ever shed a tear because of music?

have you ever shed a tear because of music?

that feeling in your throat,
how it fills with the beauty of sound,
your heart racing at the sheer delight of it,
the joy of feeling every chord in your body.

this is life.
this moment of closing your eyes,
feeling the warmth of a tear against your cheek,
the soft expansion and contraction of your belly.

this is life, isn’t it?
i can feel it all.
the bittersweet pain, the joy, the sadness, the ache, and the love.
just closing my eyes and letting the chords carry me through feeling.

this moment is what makes it all worth it.
there’s nothing more. nothing exists beyond this moment.
presence is all there is.

is this my true love?
maybe that’s why i’m not afraid of solitude.
is this my soul’s connection to life?

not what you see in movies,
not what’s been sold as soulmates,
but this.
this infinite love that lives in me,
in you,
in us.