Tears To Jewels

Part of a song called..."Put it inside a song"...I wrote years ago says: "Put it inside a song...this feeling that will not leave...
Send it to the tearful sky...and let the morning be...You are a lucky one...not mute as the stone that cries...not free as the
bird that flies...but cannot sing a song". The chorus goes on to say: "You're past the time a cup of tea will do...Sweetened with words you know that are not true...This is your flood and you must learn to swim...No one but you can change this place
you're in". We who have songs or poems or other creations to put our deepest darkest feelings in...are indeed fortunate to
have such an outlet for what we are going through...although...of course...we would have had to fight a long battle to
arrive at such a place. Rudyard Kipling...the British Victorian poet said: "Laugh and the world laughs with you...weep and you
weep alone". I think most of us human beings understand that...and so we usually keep a tight lid on talking about what
we're really going through. It is one of life's disciplines that helps us to survive. If we were to keep telling people about our
suffering...we know that those we tell it to will turn off...having heard our "tale of woe" one time too many ...or simply make sure...they are not around to hear it. And so...we learn to automatically say: "I'm doing fine"...knowing it would be counter-
productive to tell about where we're really at...and the world goes round...with a lot of people hurting...but not too many
talking about it. So...those of us who have learnt to transmute what we are going through into a creation...if we're lucky...
are indeed fortunate...and have another blessing to count in our lives. We have become "alchemists"...having learnt...as we
walk the pilgrim's earhly path...to turn tears to jewels..........................Quester.