What keeps you ticking
when you feel like dying?
Hunger. It pushes me forward
and lifts me up
from the ashes and debris
of what was once mine.
And what keeps your soul alive?
Music. It converts my tears into joy.
I lend my ears to every note
while picking up
the shards of my pieced self
to restore.
sumanar/lekha 
Ah yes! Hunger, the imperative – and music, the transformative.
Music definitely has healing powers. I am glad it gives you comfort Sumana
You capture the potential that music can have over our souls.. i particularly like the image you have chosen too – there is a sense of each instrument waiting for the right owner to sing their own song
This is absolutely stunning a write, Sumana❤️ especially love “I lend my ears to every note while picking up the shards of my pieced self to restore.” Sigh… beautifully executed.
Lots of love,
Sanaa
Just beautiful Sumana… again you dig deep into your heart and come up with a gem like this one..
Yes. Music does change our outlook on the world. It is food for the soul.
Wow! This is very touching. Music really keeps the soul alive 🙂
I, too, love the restorative power of music. Nice write!
You and I may have hit the same note of hunger and feed and bringing together the shards. But your poem silenced me for a minute and then brought forth sobs. I feel the ashes, touch the splinters, hope for the resurrection. Oh, Sumana, I can write about centers, but when I want to get to the center, I read your poems.
A lovely write. Perhaps this is where “get it together,” comes from. The broken self and music does restore.
Oh yes, sometime we just need to listen to the music and let it restore our soul!
Music is certainly food for the brain for how nourishing it is.
Music indeed helps picking up our pieced selves into one and restore our souls. Very thoughtful 🙂
One of my new favourites of yours, my friend. How I relate to the “debris of what once was mine.” So beautiful. I love those pierced shards.
Music does help heal amongst the other things it does. A poem full of hope when music lends it’s magic. Hugs!