WL Schuett

River Music Haunts Me

a song so familiar 

Gypsy music or maybe Cajun 

I just couldn\'t place it 

between us the river was ragin 

 

a melody so poignant 

it was difficult to ignore 

a hymm, 

that was the fog on the river 

and the sand on the shore 

 

isn\'t there a Jasmine 

that blooms in the night 

and a moonflower that 

closes in dawns first light 

 

muddy old 

deep river blues 

being sung by a man 

without any shoes 

 

a full moon , warm summer night 

moonshine whiskey tucked on the ground 

singing a deep low river song 

while knowing no one else is around 

 

suddenly answering chanteys 

a duet from barge to shore 

a violin so evocatively sweet 

that your heart just tore 

 

they only did play 

for a sweet short time 

but sometimes there is magic 

in a moonlight paradigm 

 

they carried on the ballad 

even after they fell from view 

faint , sweet wisting away 

both kept playing soft and true 

 

haunting 

stirring 

touching 

so powerful 

that it took me home ...