musical time capsules

i turned the music on when the kids left the classroom. and the current was rocking "wake up." i closed my eyes and was walking to school in india, the sun shining through the leaves, the fresh air and wet streets the only remnants of evening rains. the air fresher than anything i can describe with words. it's moments like this, small and fleeting, that i am so happy i could burst. when life feels like it is flowing in and out and all around and it's so full. the moment is not just that, but everything that led up to the present. i am sitting on my porch with josef and alousie. i am running on the mountainside, listening to brian play the guitar. i am walking to my classroom, talking with jamie. i am driving with the windows down. every emotion, every moment that i placed in that song doesn't expire, but the life emanates each subsequent listening. it's then and now. and it's why.