Hive Open Mic 🎤 week 169 ~ Boat by Ed sheeran || Cover song by Princessbusayo.

First thing first, I would like to appreciate the immense support of the community's team to every musician/singer in the community. I appreciate your time going through all entries. For this week 169, the theme is "War" and to that, I did a cover song titled "Boat" by Ed Sheeran. I have this song in mind to present and I'm excited to bring it here for us to listen to, give your comment which I would be glad to read and keep improving. Lest I forget, I got a poem which I never expected from a member of the community, @lecumberre and it's such a great honour to be mentioned by him. God bless you, sir!

When we talk about war with the song I brought to us, you would agree with me that life itself is a war. Every day, we try our best to fight every war around us, whether physically or spiritually. Some came unexpectedly and we have no choice but to face them, while others came due to situations we find ourselves in, and trying to get out and resolve it might seem impossible but with love and unity, we scale through.

There are some wars some people have engaged in in the hope that they'd win, and along the line, it makes them question their initial decision because the circumstances and hardships have become apparent. The truth is that war exposes an individual to the harsh realities, bringing out the true brutality of life and teaching such individual lessons of being resilient and gaining strength which comes from those difficult times during the war. Another thing to remember is that during the war, love, unity and connections become tough to maintain as people would be forced to let out their true colours.

In the end, war leaves a lasting scar on such an individual, physically and emotionally. Though some wounds heal with time, the impact it leaves is forever and there is a possibility they carry it on wherever they go. This is what a war can do to a fellow, but we need to be reminded that despite being involved, we learn a lot of lessons while being resilient and courageous to fight till we have overcome. Above all, bringing God to fight for us is the best thing we can ever do.

Just as the lyrics "the waves won't break my boat", no matter the struggles and pains we faced during war, we should remain determined and steadfast to overcome the obstacles.

I added the lyrics to the video so you can easily flow along with me as I sing.

Thanks for your time on my blog.