Friday, June 18, 2010

The song in my head....

Maybe..
I am no Shakira...
Shakin' her bootie..
And singin' Waka waka.... This time for Africa...
The FIFA song that keeps playing...
Over and over these days...
As the games go on...

But I too have a theme song...
One that goes on and on...
Repeatedly in my head!!!!

It's a take on a song:
Hang Down your head Tom Dooley...
Which was popular when I was in school..

It went:
This time tomorrow..
Reckon where I'll be......


I hear these lines...
Play in my head...
At critical moments in my life!!

The visual image accompanying it...
Is always one of sweet relief!!!!
And freedom from worry...
Release....
Or the hope of it!!!

To this day...
I hear it play...
The evening before any stress-filled event...
Is slated to take place....

Like an examination...
An interview....
A hearing in court...

I even heard it..in my mind.....
The evening before I met Spouse!!!

So many events....
So much waiting!!!!!

Sometimes one just wants to leap across Time..
And get to the other side....
To know the Outcome....
To see...
What the future holds!!!!

If music were to accompany all our entrances and exits...
As in the reel world...
This would be my theme song!!!!

Perhaps we all of us have a theme song...
Think about that!!!
And tell me yours!!!

Cheerio!!!

2 comments:

Tinkerbell said...

Why girl Why hang down ones head in shame..
Go to the washbasin and spit it out.
Now think of a nice new song to ring in your head such as
Manadil urudi vendum
lots oflove
radha

Tinkerbell said...

On second reading I find that the piece of song ringing in your head is not so negative after all..
My apologies.
But I still feel you could choose a line from the infinite number of inspiring songs they taught us at school, like "Thank God for the flowers..." or Abide with me or
Merry the time when the heart is young, or Lead kindly light.
But of course you will be you, so three cheers for that silly line in your head.