What Willie Nelson Says

Inspired by the poem "What Ray Charles Says" by David Kirby.

For Kelley

It's a bit obscure

and I'm glad I found it

A song called "Always Now"

Willie recorded in 2008

It's always now

There never was a used to be

Everything is still with me

And it's always now

This song soothes me

It helps me know Jim

is still here, even as time

goes on and it can feel like the

distance is growing.

But here's the thing...

It isn't 

It's always now

It's always our meeting

It's always our wedding day

It's always our pool parties

It's always Sunday golf

It's always going to Cancun

Ashe County

Nashville

It's always designing the home we built

It's always moving to Florida

It's always his unwavering

support and belief in me

It's always the time we

spent with family and friends

and at fancy Christmas parties

It's always the herb gardens

and him bringing me coffee

every morning and our dog

Macbeth jumping on the bed

It all lives in my heart

There's really only you and me

And it's always now