in lost hours
dim rooms
i silently mold
my hands
in front of
bare bulbs
project distorted
shadow puppets
against
lonely walls
movement
slow
inelegant
a mourning dove
pierced through
the breast
by melancholy’s
sharp sterling thorn
beats its wings
ragged
against ribbed
cage
of blue
unable to
launch
fly free
© 2018 Christine Elizabeth Ray – All Rights Reserved
Brave & Reckless 
“If you’re down and out and you feel real hurt
Come on over to the place where I work
And all your loneliness I’ll try to soothe
I’ll play the blues for you” [I’ll Play The Blues For You – Jerry Marlon Beach – as performed by Albert King]
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Christine Ray – Blues in the night
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