The levee broke, my heart crumbled.
Death swallowed my city; alongside you I drowned.
Remembering, remember …
Gravitational pull to beautiful coercion
Freedom of speech, sex, liquor, life and love.
Lustful cheers and a taste of sweet culture.
Remembering, remember …
Vivid scenes of overwhelming waters.
Ghastly pictures of too many bodies afloat.
Remembering, remember …
Embracer of sinners, tamer of none.
Zydeco whispers linger in my blood.
Breeder of the loose and fearless Cajun-Creole.
Remembering, remember …
Unraveling, unmasking the perception of joy.
Untangling confusion of the lives left destroyed.
Bereft of its being, stripped to the core.
Remembering, remember …
Keeper of heartache, releaser of hope.
Generating new life, replacing love lost.
Bridge for your people, resurrected from the storm.
Je t’aime … Vive! Nouvelle Orléans.