Tonight (9/17/22), Daniel Smith came to Voice and we had a beautiful time of listening to him telling stories — often vulnerable and raw — and singing songs that came from some of those stories and poems and writings.
Daniel read a writing from his journal that really resonated with me. Random sadness wells up inside. You can be having a fine day and then … Bam. Sad. I was just talking to my friend Stephanie about it. It happens to me a lot. (INFJ over here — you might not know it but I am a deep feeler.) It’s often hard to figure out why I feel the way I do, and what to do with those sad feelings when they come out of the blue and don’t seem to have rhyme or reason.
But I like where he ended up… Perspective is a good thing. Identity. Hope. Thanks for this, Daniel. I don’t have it figured out yet, but this helps put some language to it all.
(Also the line… when the sun paints the sky with it’s goodbye…. dang, that’s good.)
“Some days
I randomly have this sadness
just swell up inside of me
I can’t figure it out
Did something happen on this day last year
or ten years ago
Or is it the change in the season
The breaking of the summer heat
and the first cool breeze of autumn
like the soft touch of an old friend
Am I missing those that I love
that aren’t here by my side
as the sun paints the sky
with its goodbye
on this beautiful walk
or could it be ….
that the story teller
is feeling just a little bit deeper
today as he tells my story
Maybe there is something so deep and wonderful on his heart this evening
I hope that’s the case
And if it is
I will ask him what is on his heart
and embrace his deep feelings
that are pouring out through
My story.”
— Daniel Smith
