“MILES….away”                             by Bobby West 

 

A blue-black man…  blew an even darker horn…

Hard pressed to lips…  red, cracked and worn…

His fragile hands…  were like a maze of veins…

At his fingertips…  were indigo stains_

 

His shiny face…  had met with lines of age

Eyes, vibrant still…  but with their whites gone beige…

His whispery voice…  was but a muted scream…

With his horn of gold…  He played themes to a dream_

 

A tortured soul…  He played tomorrow’s blues

Because yesterdays grooves…  reflected ancient news…

A man so bold…  as to damn the rules…

Some said he could be cold…  but he was always…  cool

 

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