Bridge Over Troubled Water........my song

Everybody has a song that defines their life at a certain stage. My song was "Bridge Over Troubled Water". It describes how lonely my life was, and how much I wished I had a good friend at my back, just like it says in the song. Of course, when I became moonstruck by Wayne (my four year crush), in my mind he became the one "sailing right behind", ie at my back.

Back in the day, we had records, both long-playing and 45's. Everybody had a ton of 45's (small records with a song on either side). My first LP was BOTW. I heard the song on the radio and decided it spoke to me. When I got some money I went out and bought it. Well, when my mother and father went out at night for a function (not very often) I would put this record on the stereo and play it. This was a big thing because NOBODY was supposed to use the stereo, not even my mother.

So there I was, in the dark in the living room, sitting in the window and staring out into the night. It was the month of May so the night air was full of the fragrant, earthy smells of growing things. These kinds of pre-summer nights still make me feel like going out into the darkness even tho I have no idea of where I would go. And in the background I would play this record over and over. The songs are etched in my mind, especially Bridge Over Troubled Water. Even just setting this down seems to take me back to those days when anything was possible, and I could make things happen. Tomorrow would be the day he would speak to me. Tomorrow he would take away all my fears and longings. Tomorrow was another day.