"On a 14-hour plane ride where one cannot sleep much, there is an abundance of time to simply sit (well, you have nowhere else to go!) and meditate. It's one of my favorite things to do. I love just thinking about anything and everything, and dreaming about life. I decided to fill my ears with some cello sonatas: sure to be conducive to some "deeper" thinking. Most people don't know the lifelong dream I've had to learn the cello. There's something about it that absolutely connects my heart to the eternal, something that stirs the deep waters of my soul. Follow my train of thought for a moment: cello dreams reminded me of a poem I composed for a poetry class I took a couple of years ago. It was full of flowery and musical words and imagery describing how cello music affects me. Then that led me to think of writing in general. I have a blog that has been sitting untouched for quite some time. I was reminded of how enjoyable I find writing and how crafting words into something beautiful is a joy. So this is another attempt, another stab at reviving the writer within me. I know that writing is something that I want to be cultivating and growing in, so I want to try and set aside some time each week to write - something, anything! It doesn't have to be long. I just know that I want to grow in the gifts that God has given me and be a good steward of them."
The poem I wrote is applicable to this theme of "reviving the writer within me," so I thought I would share:
The Awakening
Warm tones that woo the soul
Rise from the
rifts of the rejected cello
Now caressed with new hands.
Riveting strains
resound when released
From the strings
stretched over a shell:
An ode to joy and all its oddities—
Of beauty found in the broken and battered.
The carved wood of the cello rejoices
As the bow
graces its strings again.
Here's to being inspired to write again! :)
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