“Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?”

Alicia Keys posed this question in her latest song, "Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart" from her December 15th drop, "The Element of Freedom", and I could not help but to answer. I have! Its dam near impossible! The memory of that person plays back and forth like an old movie roll…clicking; their touch lingers deep into the early morn_ teasing. And then there is their smell. Oddments are all that is left.

Watching Keys video for this song gave me a different perspective. As if she being with the handsome brother was poisonous to them both. (Premise of the movie, Hancock starring the fine-like-wine, Will Smith!) You can love someone but the relationship clash! Instead of thriving the relationship fails. “Heck, the fact of two flawed human beings coming together at attempts at now-a-day the, “hundred-to-one” is commendable.
Quality relationships have taken a back seat to, lust-O- sex-so-easy-even-the-elephant-man-can-get-it! Let’s face it, it’s a bit difficult to meet another who is as committed to the cause as you are, that’s if you are committed of course. Finances seem to be the top priority today and I understand that fully, however, “cake” without a “connection” with your mate or spouse really isn’t going to solidify the union. That connection is your foundation. Once that’s been established, it can be built upon.
Take a look at the millionaires. Those folk marry and divorce at an alarming rate. It takes more time, effort, compromise, humbling, understanding, forgiveness, communication to stay together than it is to leave, especially if there is bona fide love that has evolved over a period. I don’t get a couple being marred for 50 years up in divorce court. That is mind boggling! 50 years?! What couldn’t you work out you say?! Okay, if it’s a stream of extra-marital affairs then bolt! That will defiantly have you up at night…wanting to hurt or wondering, “Why?”

“Have you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart?” Shattered by another’s weakness and deceit? I have theorized this is a part of the journey for us all. No man is exempt no matter how attractive or wealthy. Perhaps there is a valuable lesson learned in the scheme of things as we play the devil’s advocate and the inflictor. What we want for ourselves we must show to others because… “If you ever tried sleeping with a broken heart..You’d know why!”