Silver Night

Courtesy of Pixabay

Beneath a hazy sky, the library courtyard becomes a stage.  A silver headed musician belts out some rhythm and blues.  I find myself drifting into a time machine, lost in the melodies.  All I have to do is dream, dream, dream, dream fills the evening air.  Running through his catalog of original songs and some amazing covers. Any Elvis fans in the audience?  Of course, there are as he proceeds to stir us with his own rendition of "Suspicious Minds".  Hiding the tears from my eyes behind my shades, I sing along.  "Why can't you see, what you're doing to me".  The guitars, flute, drum and upright bass create a wonderland of sound on a summer night.

fading August sun
promises of silver light
chorus of tree frogs

linking with dVerse Haibun Monday - Hosted by Frank 

All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers 
Suspicious Minds - first recorded by Mark James later recorded by Elvis and became a hit

And I Always Will

I'm not sure where this song begins

in fact I'm not sure where it ends

in my heart, a melody softly spins

my inner thoughts twist and bend

In a dream,  I met you so long ago

two lost souls in the silence of night

weeping in sorrow we said, "hello"

praying for wings to give us flight

In a vast universe you are my star

helping me through darkest times

singing the blues, strumming a guitar

poetic songs,  a melancholy chime

and I love you so

and I always will

admiring you from afar

I'm not sure where this song begins

in fact I'm not sure where it ends

in my heart, a melody softly spins

my inner thoughts twist and bend

In a dream, I saw you rise and fall

the journey has not been easy, I know

you're larger than life, I am small

I guess that is how the story goes

In a vast universe you are my star

helping me through darkest times

singing the blues, strumming a guitar

poetic songs, a melancholy chime

and I love you so

and I always will

admiring you from afar

posted for dVerse

Hosted by Mish - Today for Poetics, She is asking us to choose some lyrics, preferably one line from a favorite song and grow our  own poem from it.

In honor of Elvis Presley - 40 years since his death - The Rock and Roll King

My song choice - And I love You So 

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