Music

By Pragya Bajpai

Music!

A ticket to the flashback of ancient times, a magic trick

A mood fixing regulator or a fantasy maker

A reminder of unsaved incomplete childhood dreams,

a part of life that melted like an ice-cream

long before I realised

The love-hate relationship with regrets,

pretending life to be perfect

or intermittent notification of urgency constantly reminding to look ahead

An abstract mosaic of evergreen scenes

and dialogues of films

that silently promised to stay close to heart

to save you from falling apart

That kisses you, holds your hand and makes you a singer

with your audience in the mirror,

in the mind, on the trees, along the breeze

A collective memory of nail-biting thoughts

well preserved in a treasure box,

the copyright of which lies

with the worried or rich

An official update of prized possessions

that are carried in the free baggage after death

and a signifier of what matters and what does not

An assortment of words that kill,

that pain or please, that will touch, feel

and save you,

that gathers your broken pieces and fixes your wings

are a few of the many things…

that make a whole, uniquely your own

Music never leaves you alone!

By Pragya Bajpai