Say It While It Matters – Daxlin Veylo


A Review by, Samantha Syrnich TLC
August 10th, 2025

There’s a weight in unspoken words that never leaves you. Say It While It Matters carries that weight, tenderly and truthfully, like a hand cupping the fragile flame of a fading moment.

Daxlin’s voice is a whispered promise wrapped in gravel—steady yet trembling—like someone who has lived through the ache they’re singing about. The piano falls soft as a confession in the dark, the slide guitar hums in the background like a memory you can’t put down, and the gospel-warm harmonies rise like a prayer you wish you’d spoken sooner.

When he sings, “Say I love you like you mean it,” it stops me cold. I never got to say it like it mattered to my big brother before he passed into immortality. I didn’t answer his last call—a choice, or maybe just a hesitation, that has haunted me every day since. A guilt I have not forgiven myself for. And in those words, I feel both comfort and reprimand—comfort that I am not alone in this kind of grief, and a gentle urging that we must speak while the heart is still listening.

This song isn’t about grand gestures or sweeping declarations—it’s about the small, human courage to speak love in real time. It’s the midnight call you do make. The quiet “I’m here” you say instead of staying silent. It’s art with heart and soul poured in, real enough to cut and tender enough to heal.

For me, it’s a reminder that though I couldn’t say it to him then, I can say it now—to myself, to others, to anyone I love while they are still here. Because the truth is, those words still matter. And this song? It makes sure you never forget that.

Listen here: https://youtu.be/VHtOU_cbwQ0?si=hJ9GJggzW9yviitl

Disclaimer:
This artwork and accompanying text were created independently by Samantha Syrnich TLC and are solely the expression of my own artistic vision. While inspired by the song “Say It While It Matters” by Daxlin Veylo, I have no official affiliation, endorsement, or association with the artist. All visual art presented is my original creation and is not a reproduction of any work by Daxlin Veylo.

Listen here: https://youtu.be/VHtOU_cbwQ0?si=8DMI53FGlvIB8AoA

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About The Hand Behind The Phoenix Quill— I’ve lived many lives within one — some born of light, some forged in fire. Each left its mark, and in the ashes, I found my voice. The Phoenix Quill was never just a name; it became my heartbeat — a place where pain turned to purpose, and truth was no longer something to survive, but something to share. I am a poet, artist, advocate, and storyteller — guided by a love that refuses to die quietly. Through words and imagery, I tell stories of resilience, of rising when the world says you’ve fallen too far. My work carries pieces of the people and places that shaped me — veterans, children, the voiceless, the forgotten — and the fire that demanded their stories be heard. Every poem, every painting, every creation under The Phoenix Quill is born from that promise: to turn heartbreak into healing, to honor truth even when it burns, and to remind others that they, too, can rise. This is my life’s work — to give voice to the silence, hope to the weary, and beauty to the broken. Welcome to The Phoenix Quill: Words Born of Fire, Inked in Truth. Where ashes become art — and every word remembers how to rise.

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