<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">She Brings Rhythm To My Blues</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">there she was</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">dazzling as a fireworks finale</span></span><span class=""><span class="" style="color: red;"> </span></span><span class=""><span class="">and</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">as light draws even a blind moth</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">I was drawn to her mystery</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">her intoxicating embodiment</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">of music love and freedom </span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">once believed beyond my reach</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">flooded my senses</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">the deluge found its way to river</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">a fog of foregone destiny lifted and</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">the haunt of the past began to vanish</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">as a nightmare left behind at dawn</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">we remain as different as melody from verse</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">yet merged like a rainbow’s striations</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">she is the poignant passion in a minor chord</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class="">she brings rhythm to my blues</span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""> </span></span><span class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class=""><span class=""> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Joann Smith</span></span></p></div></body></html>