why do I do this? because when I sing there are mermaids in the imagination swimming up the sweet air to reach me.
singing does not burn up any fossil fuel, doesn’t pollute, doesn’t use up artificial energy.
I have seen old people cry when they sing. it can be winter in the body but when they sing, it’s spring. I would like to be old like that one day.
I sing because it’s impossible for me not to. without hearing or touch or taste or smell or sight, I would still sing.
I believe there’s a God and I feel God when I sing.
to be able to dip into a near-whisper and reach a few who are listening very, very close … that is a deep, deep treasure for me.
it doesn’t exactly mend broken hearts. or vanquish predators. but I find courage in singing. it gives me pleasure and consoles me.
and when I’m singing, anything that has ever hurt me or could is as far away as a train I can’t hear or remember.
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