I remember on a cold, foggy evening, as the misty meadow spread in the yard, we sat in the room, listening to Melanie’s song, Leftover Wine, in one of her concerts, which was playing from the cassette recorder. When she had ended her song, the audience clapped, and suddenly, someone shouted, ” We Love You! ” And she said in her extraordinary hoarse voice, ” It is so lovely sometimes somebody says something! “

Melanie Anne Safka Schekeryk, professionally known as Melanie or Melanie Safka, was an American singer-songwriter.

“I don’t know how much you have heard of her or know her songs, but Al and I got to know Melanie during Woodstock. It was probably the most remarkable collection of half a million seekers of love, freedom, and peace who proved it was possible to live all in peace together. And she was one of them.

I’m the one
I found the birthday of the sun
But all things change
And I think it’s the birthday of the rain

If I never said goodbye
To all that I’ve known
I would never be alone
But still, I will not cry…

A few days ago, when I saw a ten-by-ten cm announcement in the newspaper about her death, it felt like something had stabbed my heart.”

She was a messenger of love and peace and nothing else throughout her life, and she profoundly impacted our lives, which still lingers in my mind.
We had almost all of their songs on cassettes and maybe one or two vinyl records, and she had always warmed our hearts with her beautiful, hoarse and heart-touching voice among her deep-meaning poems.

Although saying goodbye might be the saddest thing, she had sung sad songs often, but her last words were always ” love, ” love, love, and being alive.

“The Saddest Thing”

And the saddest thing
Under the sun above
Is to say goodbye
To the ones you love

All the things that I have known
Be came my life my very own
But before you know, you say goodbye
Oh, good time, goodbye
It’s time to cry
But I will not weep nor make a scene
Just say, “thank you
Life for having been.”

And the hardest thing
Under the sun above
Is to say goodbye to the ones you love
No, I will not weep nor make a scene
I’m gonna say, “thank you
Life for having been.”

And the loudest cry
Under the sun above
Is to silent goodbye
From the ones you love

Let’s not say goodbye to this flower cause she stays with us with her hoarse voice and beautiful poems about the sun, life and love.💖🙏🌹🌻💥🌞