Thursday, March 13, 2025

A Sacred Promise

I listen to the blues as though I’m

in church.  Something sacred about

broken hearts seeking what 

has been lost, the promise of music

to guide the soul like Virgil guiding 

Dante.  I am not musically inclined

but I’m inclined to hear the hybrid

harmony of the human and divine, 

each knowing the despair of the other,

the unspoken promise grief holds.

The fact that music can be made

from stories of our broken hearts.

The fact the river of love never runs dry.


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