Harmony

“Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy.
Why lov’st thou that which thou reciev’st not gladly,
Or else reciev’st with pleasure thine annoy?
If the true concord of well tuned sounds,
By unions married, do offend thine ear,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear.
Mark how one string, sweet husband to another,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother,
Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing;
Whose speechless song, being many, seeming one,
Sings this to thee, 'Thou single wilt prove none.'" – William Shakespeare

One single note played by itself may vibrate, ringing true. But add to it another – harmony. Beauty, softness, strength. And it is music.
I am capable of standing on my own, of walking through life independent and honest. At times I even desire solidarity more than companionship. But the moments of sweetest joy in my life, were experienced not alone, but with one whom so compliments my own spirit with the brightness of their own.
Words fall short of capturing the song when two souls strengthen each other. Be it friendship, romantic or genetic, when two lives coincide and can share that deepest bond, beauty is there.
It is fragile and rare and often does not last forever, but the song may find its way into your soul and stay.

“I can’t push you to ring
I have tried now it stings
to tell
It’s now your new beginning you fell
Coming back to me ringing your bell
Thanks to you I can’t fall
I’ve put back up my wall
with one bell
We know just one bell won’t suffice
Each note comes in pairs just like dice
For harmony I can see
no one else but you and me” – Ari Herstand