i once was lost but now I’m found.... 

                                            alone in the field letting out a holler

      it’s the blues baby....

that blue note                 
   
                                           the one that made your mama cry     

                            makes you grit your teeth

and wail

        quiet
     deep and low

                         with a slight tremble and a gradual climb

                                                             to where the shaking tambourines of angels reach

and acknowledge
                                               the pain of years

generations


ghosts of another time         
                                     stinging today...