Tears and Raindrops

            Some songs are happy.  Some are sad.  Some convey a deep message, while some simply give a surface story.  The song “Crying in the Rain” speaks to me because it expresses some of the feelings that I often have.  It is easy to understand, but it uses an interesting comparison.  The line that says, “I’ll do my crying in the rain,” means that a person in pain or sorrow does not want everyone to see that pain.  If one cries in the rain, the tears will be taken for raindrops.  Sometimes it is hard to tell other people about our problems, or to let people see our weaknesses.  Sometimes we do not like to let others see that we care because we are afraid that those people will not return the feeling.  The song shows these thoughts through the idea of crying in a place where your tears will be hidden.  The song is talking specifically about a love interest, but I think it could be applied to any relationship in a person’s life.  

The song as a whole is about hiding your pain until you can get past it.  I like the line in the song that says, “Someday, when my crying’s done, I’m gonna wear a smile, and walk in the sun.”  This line provides encouragement and the hope that there is a way to keep going on, and to get past the pain caused by others.  Sometimes the conversion of a thought or feeling into a poem put to music can give a person so much strength.  People may not always be able to express their feelings by words alone, but a song can turn these thoughts into a beautiful combination of words and notes, creating a masterpiece out of a message.

Let My People Live

              To many people that live in our modern world, an abortion is an "easy" way out of an unwanted or troubled pregnancy.  An abortion is the magic answer to a life that they did not want, or that they weren't ready for.  The people that support abortion either do not realize or do not adress the fact that their choices affect the lives of other people.  And yes, I do consider a fetus, in whatever stage of development, a person.  A mother may think that her circumstances give reason for her to make a decision to end the life of a human being.  That mother may be in control of the fetus, but she has no right to end that small person's life when it has no say in the matter.  Many people give reasons for abortions like these: medical problems, difficult family lives, and emotional problems.  These problems do not change the fact that that little person's life is being taken away.  Supporting reasons for abortion are given here at Public Agenda.  One reason this article gives to support abortion is that, "Women have an inalienable right to determine the circumstances of their lives", yet the supporters are not considering the fact that the fetus is being denied the same right.  The article also talks about how unfair it is to "ban abortion when pregnancy results from rape or incest."  The woman's personal privacies and freedoms were abused during rape or incest.  So why does that give her a right to choose the freedoms of the baby that she was to abort?
               Imagine every good and wonderful moment in the life of a normal person.  Every milestone, every life change, every moment of joy in the life of a human  is being denied  the fetus who's mother thought it better to abort that child than to let it have a chance at life.  What if you or I had been the fetus whose mother had considered abortion?  Would you still think it a good idea to allow and push for the development of abortion programs that make it so easy to "erase" a messed up pregnancy?  Would you want to have been considered a burden to your mother and nothing more than an object in her belly?  So many people take this view on abortion, and I believe that providing the option so easily is a mistake.