Poetry: 8 @ 80, FIVE CROWNS(for Ben E King)

because you

saw many nights
come
You
were able to reach
for the
romance
in
the darkness
You knew
the sweetest
pleasures
Lay in the
Last Dance
Your voice
was
alchemy itself
turning many a teenage
tryst
into
magic moments
Music
to hold us
in a
Trance
to make us
feel
that life was still worth
the stress
the betrayals
the put-downs
the unsolicited
advice
Through your
voice
we could equate
One magical
night
to a thousand
Years
your songs
did more than
soothe
they strengthened our
belief
in our invincibility
and the safety
of
our
World