Blackbird Poetry

I want to save everything of this memory I want to keep the thought of you And what you mean to me. I want to savor this moment Like the taste or sweet smell that I can never get enough of... -I want it to last. I want to save this moment To remember back and see your face again, And oh, to hear your laugh.

The girl who ran the gift stand today Was only ten or eleven  She was standing in for her mom Working with her grandpop... Asked what kind of day I was having. She said she'd give me the mask at a discount She added it all up in her head And when I was wrong she requoted the price saying  I owed her thirty three US dollars instead!   She had long dark braids  down to her shoulders Beautiful sparking eyes Had a dimple in one cheek  Wore a plaid skirt  And seemed (for her age) astonishingly wise. She looked like she liked helping her grandpa  It looked like he liked it too!   She had such a business savy... She had a flair for making deals, What was there left for a gpa to do?  She told me she like math the best And calculating came so easy Wondering what one day she'll become A business woman, a doctor? Maybe she'll teach..... Too bad I'll probably never see.  I'm just a v...

Should I believe what you say? Cuz Baby, I don't think so... There's no use in holding on When we have to tip toe. So should I believe what you said? What you say and do's so different There's no use payin the rent When you haven't!! Cuz you like to talk too much-. I've seen it in your eyes There's no room for love when Ego has no disguise. I'm movin on from yesterday Packing my bags and leavin tomorrow. I've got a full life ahead And I'm going solo. Maybe you think I'll fail... That I'm too weak to decide I'm leaving-  And my  Eyes are open wide.... .

Love is like a flower It's easy to get burned You put it on the line With the hope that love's returned. It can be beautiful and carefree It can be lonesome without doubt It can make you lose your mind  And lead to famine in a drought.  It can be the brightest of suns  Or a stagnant pool of despair Love may conquer all- or  Leave you listless there. It can be so fierce As planes fly overhead It can make you hot and bothered Or fill you with hate instead.  It can make you bitter Never wanting to love again It can rip your heart out Like a true assassin.  Love to me is fragile It's something that you build  It's like a garden that At times needs roto-tilled. Love to me is timeless It transcends throughout the time It's a feeling that you feel  And when it's real everything's aligned.

There's nothing left but Writing on the wall As I sat waiting For the other shoe to fall And now here we are Wondering in vain If I ever dare to speak Your name. When you left, The seasons all stood still You were my friend, my lover But that was until: You walked away- Without saying where you'd go Now no one knows if The truth, we'll ever know. The writing found Encompassed what you said You were searching for unanswered Questions in your head And no one can read Just what you meant to me But if these walls could talk They'd see it so clearly. There's nothing left but  Writing on the wall As I sat waiting For the other shoe to fall And now here we are Wondering in vain If I ever dare to speak  Your name. 

Going to the jungle To get away from you And all we'd done Going to the jungle To get away from you To be faithful to the Holy One. I mustn't heed your glances That watch me quietly into the night. I mustn't long for your advances in the shadows of the moonlight. I must never be alone with you again lest  I fall You'll never know when I'm coming Cuz when you do,  you'll take it all. Going to the jungle To get away from you And all we'd done Going to the jungle To get away from you To be faithful to the Holy One. The jungle swallows everything  The ants eat dead cows whole The locals live in shacks Dear God, please cleanse my soul. The monkeys swing from trees  Away from the jungle floor.  Please keep my soul from lurching  Keep it strong from wanting more.  Going to the jungle To get away from you And all we'd done Going to the jungle To get away from you To be faithful to the Holy One. The lizards cling to branches  The rains...

Please leave my heart how you found it. Unbroken and so true Don't tell me about all the things  that you're wanting to do Don't pretend it's not over I don't want to know Just take your things with you As you quietly go. Don't try to console me I'm better here alone There's nothing that can be said That hasn't already been shown. Please don't look for me  to tell me-  Just let yourself out. My life will go on, (a s it did  before)  you came about.  And if you truly care about me. You'll leave me in this way Let's not f--- it up any more By bad things we might say. Let's part as equals Possibly friends, And I'll think about you sometime When the time lends. I love the fact you loved me I love the fact I loved you. Please don't ever doubt it Because our love was true. And the fact that  I don't  want to know... Is clear enough to me I'd rather live oblivious Than to know it will ...