Lightly smoking ancient tunes
That rattle long-dead bones
Conjure up grandpa’s vivid ghost
And too many other ones
Can the music of long ago
Still touch today’s cold heart?
Ask or answer these questions
Bring us back to the start
When Beatles were only toddlers
And Axl wasn’t born
The songs lit up the soul
But now are only (forlorn)
Written after listening to a recording of my late grandfather playing and singing old country songs.