Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out

Someone I love is in hospital, alone and in pain, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Someone offers their prayers and I thank them politely, careful not to let them hear the scepticism I’m feeling.
Sport is the religion of some as it gives people a sense of belonging and certainty in uncertain times (Chidester 1998, 745). Music does this for me; music is what I turn to. Florence Welch belts out “It’s always darkest before the dawn!” And I cling to those words.
They become my mantra.
My call to prayer.
My Hail Mary.
It’s always darkest before the dawn; she’s going to be ok.
It’s always darkest before the dawn.
She’s going
To be
Ok.

Work Cited:

Chidester, David. “The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlach of Rock 'n' Roll: Theoretical Models for the Study of Religion in American Popular Culture.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion LXIV/4, 1998: 743-765.

Florence+TheMachineVEVO, “Florence + The Machine: Shake It Out.” YouTube. 3 October 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbN0nX61rIs&ob=av2e (accessed May 8, 2012).