Billie Holiday/Daisy Franco
Harmony
(influenced by Billie Holiday’s “Solitude”)
If I could
erase your solitude
Haunt your gloomy days
with melodies
Your voice blazing
like a trumpet
My alto as accompaniment
It would be
a new reverie
Each moment
a splendid surprise—
like the notes in a tune
Consecutive new
memories
Dance To a New Beat
(influenced by Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child”)
Like bass strings
we sing low
when life pulls hard
Look at the sky,
a quiet light show
Dots of promise almost staccato
Murmur we'll be
on the upswing
Soft words that
soon bring
sweet sleep
We'll wake to a new beat,
the piano
tickling our ears,
the grass
kissing our feet.
Different
(influenced by Billie Holiday’s “Our Love is Different”)
For Epi
Our love is different
like raw emotion on fingertips
honeydew on bees lips
eyes quiet beam like fireflies
glances stolen by sweet surprise
Our love is different
like sun rays in a spring storm
chills even when it's warm
wildflowers dancing on high fields
no doubt this love is real
Our love is different
I'll hold your hand through high tide
Until the waters subside
In this life and the next, dear
I promise to be always near
And if God shall call, Love
I'll be waiting above
Because 'though we're here now
this love transcends all somehow
Our love is different