🎵 A Night When Sounds Awaken Memories

For a while now, I've been playing Apple Music on shuffle.
Instead of songs I've chosen myself, songs I bought long ago are playing in an order decided by chance.

Songs I listened to when I was young, songs I prepared when my children were small.
Even though I wouldn't choose any of them for myself today,
when they suddenly play, they feel nostalgic, and my heart softens.

When I choose the music myself, I inevitably end up with the same songs over and over.
But Apple Music presses buttons I wouldn't press myself.
Thanks to that, drawers of forgotten memories are opening along with the sounds.

Old songs aren't noisy.
There is space in the sound, there is stillness,
and it feels just right to my ears now.

A while ago, I saw a feature on TV about how "music works on memory."
I truly believe that's the case.
The sound gently strokes a place deep in my heart that is still warm.

This accidental playback connects the me of the past with the me of today.
Today, too, an unexpected song is playing quietly.