Gateway / Brooklyn Reed

Gateway


By Brooklyn Reed

Music is the gateway to my soul. It's like food for it; it helps me grow and shapes my personality. You can say I'm highly influenced by it, but in the right terms. It helps me control my emotions. There's a song for everything I'm feeling. There's even a song I listen to when I feel like giving up. It motivates me to keep going and pushing on. That song is 'Devil May Cry' by The Weeknd. My favorite lyric from it is 'You'll put a smile upon their faces, the world will be yours for the taking, the story you birth will be ageless, just learn to love pain and be patient.' This means to me that I'll get through the hard times, just keep prevailing, and I'll see the light at the end of the tunnel. When you look at my photograph, you see The Weeknd, Drake, Lana Del Rey, Frank Ocean, and Jhene Aiko on posters. Those are the artists who inspire me to continue to look for the light. I listen to them when I feel not like myself. Their music brings me joy and happiness and peace. It brings me to a place where I can forget all my worries and live stress-free. Their music helps me create a world where nothing bad happens, and all I need to visit that place is my headphones.