Elevation

Love, lift me up out of these blues

Won’t you tell me something true

I believe in you

-U2

The day their sky exploded

the radio wasn’t on

she was playing a home-made cassette

a friend had mailed to her.

Elevation was on top volume

she was singing top volume

and driving full speed

down a country road.

A sky blue Tuesday

one of those autumns

that carried no pricetag

in the middle of a January white-out.

The version of Elevation

was not official

one she had never heard

lots of flute and that made her happy.

When she arrived at her client’s door

one she had never met before

she was greeted with

It’s a disaster

Laughing, she indicated she’d seen

a lot of homes in a state of disaster.

The woman looked at her strangely;

No, A plane just hit the twin towers

It’s funny what you remember

when the world changes forever -
It’s funny what you remember.

- Debbie Calverley