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Words like candy, lost their meaning for you
in the quiet reserve of your heart,
when you listen for the truth as it flows along
to the piano that sings in your head
All you ever wanted was a friend in the stillness
'cause you're young and awfully alone
and ten would come running if you lifted your head
but you know that it's time to grow up
Fingers like chains clasped to lend you their strength,
turn your ready lips back to joy,
but the waters push out from your head to your hands
to make all the noise go away
All you ever wanted was to be left alone
'cause your words fall and break on the ground
and you'd sing if you had any breath left at all
to yourself, to the truth in your head
Hair like blood vessels, wet to your face,
sideways to watch the sun rise,
words like a pendulum, swinging to find a reason
to speak, to keep swinging, to sing
Charlotte Cuevas
Pendulum
FEATURE POETRY IWACA
Charlotte Cuevas