Just Right Tonight

by Samantha Cruz


Aretha is saying
she's singing the blues
and I believe that
it's true
as I lie on the floor
with headphones
on high
face down
spread-eagled
pen in hand
my soul
checked into
the poetry position
for the
night

The Queen of Soul
moans she's funky and sweet
& my words rise
to meet
her passion
and heat
dancing onto
the page
with rhythm
and grace
for the
moment
of her spell
& we keep it all
tight

Her music drives me down
to depths I need
to reach
bringing on
home
the jazz
the love
the pain
& the perfect
phrase
inspired by her
might
& I know it's all
just right
tonight.






©2001 by Samantha Cruz


Samantha Cruz is an artist, poet, and jazz afficionado, living in Santa Fe with the two men she loves.

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