Sunday, January 23

Twigs

Do the beautiful ones stay awake at night
Do they starve like us
Do they bleed
Where are their thoughts
Are they ever distracted
Do they feel

Beautiful ones, do you ever get sick
Do you ever dwell
Do you have your own version
Of personal hell
Is there any depth
Are you just a shell
Beautiful ones,
Magic tricks

Do the beautiful ones fade
In comparison to us
As they grow old
The beautiful ones
Do they ever mourn
Do they ever worry
Were they all born with sixth senses


Do the beautiful ones stay awake at night
Do they starve like us
Do they bleed
Where are their thoughts
Are they ever distracted
Do they feel

Beautiful ones, are you ever sick
Do you ever dwell
Do you have your own version
Of personal hell
Is there any depth
Are you just a shell
Beautiful ones,
Magic tricks

Will you always be the beautiful ones
Even when age and life has taken its toll
Will you forgive us for tearing you
Unable to bear something so pure
And divine
Will you always be the beautiful ones
Even when we've broken your twigs
And you know there won't be any spring
This year

Beautiful ones, are you always beautiful
Do you ever dwell
Do you have your own version
Of personal hell
Is there any depth
Are you just a shell
Beautiful ones,
Magic tricks
 

You're going to have to forgive us
I'll struggle with the same ordeal
Why is it we can't keep the pure
And let it be free and wild
Why is it we have to enclose it in cages
Or make sure that it dies
And how is it we'll never run out of excuses
Reasons why it had to be done
Why we had to salvage
The beautiful ones

Beautiful ones
Beautiful ones

3 comments:

  1. This is so beautiful... I don't have words to describe how much I love it.

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  2. "Will you always be the beautiful ones
    Even when age and life has taken its toll
    Will you forgive us for tearing you
    Unable to bear something so pure
    And divine
    Will you always be the beautiful ones
    Even when we've broken your twigs
    And you know there won't be any spring
    This year"

    I wonder the same. I loved this one.

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  3. Thanks. It turned out quite differently than I'd expected.

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