Longing for home

Longing for home

When you hear 

The jazzy sounds raw

Sounds that make you long for more 

They make you crave 

Crave the intimacy they possess

Behind ever stroke 

Every string and every beat

Lies my homes heartbeat 

Behind those jazzy notes 

That make you move 

Move with the rhythm of every key

Behind every note played 

Is the healing that makes the pain go away 

Images and moments of peace and clarity

Fill the mind

As those notes transport the mind

Into a place of stasis 

Where the heart and soul 

Are the only parts of the body that are moved

Moved by the angelic sounds 

Of trumpets and saxophones gelling together

Creating images of pure bliss 

When that music starts I long for home

I long for the smiles that are trapped there

The smiles that transcend those walls

And are encrypted in the movement of life itself

The smiles that cause you to chuckle

As they enter your mind 

When your heart is heavy and lonely

Behind every jazzy note played 

Is the instinctive feeling that all will be ok 

That feeling that comes from 

Remembering the warmth of home

The warmth of love kindness and joy 

That filled my home 

When the jazz legends would visit there 

They visited through song and sound 

That spoke to you directly 

As if they wrote songs with you in mind

The feeling of home 

With images of love peace 

And never-ending joy is what I miss

Every time I hear Jazz I long for home