Writing Prompt #58
A Song for a Broken Heart
Breaking through the barrier of heartache with music
I was feeling restless and gloomy one afternoon, and I didn’t know what to do. My life had changed. I was struggling to adapt. Although it’d been several months since that day — the day my husband succumbed to the cancerous poison in his brain— I still wasn’t myself. My own brain had succumbed to the enormous pain of grief and my heart was broken. The initial shock slowly turned into a numbing ache that manifested through bouts of profound sadness — and that particular afternoon was darker than usual.
Bittersweet blanket
I decided to take a walk, so I grabbed my portable music player and embarked on a trek that, unbeknownst to me, would help mend my broken heart. I’d set my player to shuffle and about halfway through my walk, a song played that made me feel both happy and sad at the same time, but mostly happy.
The music began with a soft rhythm that gradually developed into an upbeat melody. The lyrics were passionate, and although the words were bittersweet, their effect on me was akin to a warm…
