Emily Winters                                                                                    

Life’s Most Simple Joys

Reverberating through the floor,

Awakening you from your daydream of Bourbon Street;

But not quite – you’re wallowing in your golden thoughts.

Jolting your feet, making them dance all on their lonesome,

The beat rises and falls like the soothing yet wild’n’crazy ocean that it truly is.

Gritty yet smooth just the same,

The perfect harmony of romance in one tangled mess of notes.

Dancing across the keys, striking and assaulting strings in a gentle way,

Cradling the drum sticks like newborns on a rollicking adventure,

Pumping life with a simple swipe at the bass.

Falling into dreamland to the rhythm of the song,

The wonder of life’s most simple joys still written across your peaceful face.