Which Came First Music or the Misery

Long ago, the goddess of music Aurora journeyed to the land of the mortals in need of a melody. She lay in a field and heard the hum of the wind and the rapids of the streams. She traveled to the forest and listened to the rustle of the trees, and the calls of the birds. She went to the beach and heard the waves lapping against the shore. Yet she wanted more than what nature could offer. She sat upon a rock near the shore and had all but given up until a young man with his guitar befell upon her. His name was Robert Pittman. He played song after song to make her heart swoon. He played for days. Aurora became smitten with the musical man, hanging on his every note and stroke. They would talk for hours about music and artists and the like, as if no other topic existed. Their love was a simple and happy one. He would write her songs and her ears and heart would absorb them like a sponge. They would dance and sing so loud all the gods on Millennial Mountain could hear their love story unfold. One day Aurora came to the beach where she met her beloved so many times before but he wasn’t there. She waited and waited and mere minutes felt like hours as her heart ached and longed for the human.

Henry the god of vehicles a good friend to the goddess, has a twin brother, Jamie the god of traffic and he grew jealous of Aurora and Robert. He sought out the Fates on how to win her love for himself. They gave him a potion to give him a singing voice from the heavens, and told the young god to keep Robert at a distance and sing to her for no less than 4 hours and she will be yours. Jamie quickly drank the potion and created traffic jam upon traffic jam. Accidents, construction, lane closures and even raised bridges, the jealous god pulled every trick in the book to keep Robert at bay. As the sun began to set Aurora’s tears began to fall, it was the first day the two lovers hadn’t laid eyes on each other in 2 years. Jamie dashed to the beach where Aurora lay in wait. “No Robert today?” Jamie said with a smirk. “Perhaps he found another, as should you…” With that the god began to sing a melody so tender and passionate she had nearly forgotten the human’s name. But with all of Jamie’s efforts focused on maintaining perfect pitch the traffic began to clear and the young Robert grew closer to his beloved.

It was the bottom of the third hour when Jamie had young Aurora wrapped around his finger. He had pulled her close and her body molded like clay to his embrace. He looked deep into her eyes and her eyes looked for no other. Her lips longed for his kiss and his lips called to hers but Robert called out to her first. With the young mortal back in sight she sprang to his arms. “Marry me.” he said, “I’ll meet you at the altar in my white dress…” she responded.

The two were wed that very day. The celebration of music and dancing lasted for days. The radios sang songs of their love for all to hear. “Let every speaker and headphone know of the happiness that took place here today.” Aurora declared. All the gods were in attendance except for Jamie of course. He had come down with a “cold” and thought it best he stay away rather than get others stricken ill. Kayson, god of television and brother of Aurora, offered the couple a gift called MTv. It was a personal channel of their love. Music played on it all hours of the day, nonstop and it was loved by all. Funny thing though, the heart of a human is fickle. It changes and sways like the wind or the tide. After some years Robert grew tired of music and longed for other passions. He grew cold towards Aurora and eventually filed for divorce. Aurora was heartbroken but granted him the cessation he requested the only thing she asked for during the litigation was that Music no longer be played on MTv so that everyone would know that their love song had ended. Legend has it that Mr. Pittman tried to rekindle their love in the later years of his life by creating iHeart Radio yet Aurora was grieving over the loss of their son iPod, and she couldn’t entertain the idea at the time.