The Saxophone Said - Enlly Blue
No one turned
when she came
through the door
Just the hush of heels
on the checkered floor
She took a seat
where shadows grow
Lit a cigarette
let the silence flow
The band began
slow and low
A saxophone moaned
like it already knew
It wept in blue
it whispered red
It played the words
she never said
The saxophone
said what she never could
In notes that trembled
where no voice would
A bend of breath
a cry in brass
A love she left
too deep to pass
No need to speak
no need to write
The song unwrapped
her quiet fight
Each measure pulled
her story wide
Each rest a place
where tears could hide
No letter mailed
no vow to keep
But melodies that dug
down deep
And in that horn's
exhaling soul
She found herself
unwhole but whole
The saxophone
said what she never could
In the aching notes
misunderstood
A fragile song
a breath of flame
It played her sorrow
without a name
