It's hard for me to listen to music that once meant so much—I guess, because it still means so much. It's of a certain time, and, although I'm a big fan of change, I can't wrap my head around time passing. Instead of the years building up and accumulating and becoming this life, I feel like mine is a book of short stories, cohesive only in the way that they're created by the same author.
As Kurt sings, and I so easily relate: "I don't know if it's real, but it's how I feel."
Beautiful, Jessica.
ReplyDeletelove when a specific song does that.
ReplyDeletei know how you feel.
ReplyDeletei hope life is bringing you new, wonderful things!
I love this idea that life can feel like a series of short stories rather than one big book. One big change can change all the characters, setting and plot. Lovely image, beautiful writing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful words, Jessica. I love this! :)
ReplyDeleteOh I can relate to that feeling so well. It's beautiful how you said your life is like a book of short stories, and that songs belong to each story and are painful to listen to if in a different story. It makes me sad, but in a good way I suppose.
ReplyDeletethis happens to me sometimes as well. even when what I am recalling is a beautiful memory, but just the thing that it belongs to the past and i will never live it again makes me feel melancholic when I listen to the song that brought me the memory...
ReplyDeletereally beautiful what you wrote!