Amy Winehouse
A pause
A moment
to process
to see
to grasp
to hear
to feel
to love
to hate
to laugh
to cry
What name commands such attention
invokes such emotion
Turn away in disgust
Languish in this
the embodiment of
Humanity
This Amy Winehouse
This gift
Transcending the note
the lyric, the song
Somehow reaching inside
to the place
most protected
most private
She is
She understands
She gives

Daryl Hargrove