life music

there are songs
that feel like soundtracks to your
own life.

they resonate. they feel like they
were written for you.

the words are true, the melody.

whether sad, or joyous songs.
they fit the moment.
the mood.

Gordon lightfoot does that for me.
beautiful and if you could read my mind.

in the early morning rain.

or Costello's almost blue,
Allison,
or ship building.

al green, let's stay together.
tom wait's

I hope I don't fall in love with you.
blue valentine
Kentucky avenue.

everybody's talking by nilsson

old friends, the dangling conversation.
paul simon.
a hazy shade of winter.

it's a long list, a bevy of songs
that you've heard
for years, for decades
and will listen to
for more to come.

they fit, they capture where you are
in the moment.
in love, or without love.

they feel like home to you.