Hands, running across soul
Stern, firm
Authority, knowledge
I'm too weak, running, drifting
Water
You prop me, contain me, hold me, restrict me
Love me
To you, perhaps, maybe
Hairbrush through my essence
Detangling
˚˚˚
Your eyes, warm on my neck
Rough hands, pulling me along
You want me to toss it,
Back, forth, aimlessly
Yet always seeking you
You don't see it
I love you so much
And you don't feel it
Cloth cages, every holiday
Replaying again and again
A cavern of broken, empty, echo
You scowl at the way i talk
Teach lessons
Splinter, fracture, find, discover, describe
detangle
Within me, you search for him
For you.
Prized, cherished, possession,
son...
explosion inside me
I can't do this
˚˚˚
Elegance ordains the air
Sacred lyrics swirl, abound
Life line to heaven,
Chaos confound
I climb the steps,
Stairway to you
They watch, sing
My song joins in, chorus alive
Comfortably lost
Myself you strive to find
In myself, you peer
Peek, pry, gaze
Pull her out
You've seen her now, me
The way i talk, how i hold my hips
I see it too
The panic in your eyes
Canvas, paint, plastered
Bright shadow, calm cacophony
˚˚˚
I found the piece of you
That you left upon the table
Inscription, memory, prophecy
Drawing
You made a drawing
Moment of boredom?
Seeking release? relief?
Remembering?
I remember
It was beautiful
Even now
Even then
You are beautiful
˚˚˚
Pull it out
Unravel
Burn it
Detangle
Same words, new source
Unbury it
Reveal him
Drive the mantra through his heart
Lose him inside the carousel, cornfield, crayon-box
Of your mind.
Biting nails, squeezing toes
Tense
Murky
Clarity
No
I refused it before, refused to give her away, to sacrifice girl for boy
Now i refuse to kill boy
For in doing so,
I destroy myself
Detangle,
i cannot
˚˚˚
My hair grows,
curling, stretching
Remembering old forms, and adopting new
This, my home, hardly
Garden, planted with seeds of your selection.
i choose what grows,
Chose,
Long ago
Will choose,
Long ahead
You remain with me, even now, even then.
Throughout our Detangling.