It is difficult sitting here alone,
feeling the cold from the windows,
the sound of the running cars,
the confusion in my thoughts.

Music sings to my soul,
soothes the pain in my heart,
lulls me to hope, to dream
and to walk again on this
pathway of confusion
in our own time.

Elizabeth Padillo Olesen

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-healing-touch-of-music/