be specific

            on listening to "Yama"

She asked me what the song

did for me

“Be specific” she said

I tell her Lee Morgan

wrote this song

for someone he loved

& let get away

I try to explain to her

how the blues can be

happy

how they can bring

comfort

I try to give words

to how a song can

crawl up inside you

 shine a light

on something

forgotten & make it

live again