She Sings To Me...An Ode To Billie

Sultry songs sooth seconds as they pass
My flag
Is at half mast for her
Who?
Lady Day
Melodic notes resound in the back of my mind when her presence graces my thoughts
She left me too soon
To the tune
Of Blue Turning Grey Over You…
Had to see her
To believe her
She didn’t wish on stars
She wished on the moon:
The only thing that could keep her grounded
Because she stayed higher than the cost of living
She could no longer foot the bill
Still my mind drifts to her every now and then
Getting off the train
At the same place where my mother began