Poem -

OWN BLUES

OWN BLUES

All through the night she sang
somebody else's song
raised up the chords of her
vocals in falsetto
just to reach
that note
for them
those who swayed
with their eyes closed
while my grandmother belted
out the blues
and escaped
her own.

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