ALBA’S SONG

Where we were only Words
Cruel words struck me dumb
 
But for your eyes only did I smile
 
Scolded
Soundly scolded
I lapped it up
 
Lapped it up good Pretty Girl
Pretty good and pretty harsh
 
Words
More powerful than the thought
The eye is fast but
 
The word gets there first
 
The word
Where you were Beauty
Cruel Beauty slapped me across the face

But for your eyes only did I smile

 
Scolded
Soundly
scolded
I lapped it up
 
Lapped it up good Pretty Girl
Pretty good and pretty harsh
 
Words more powerful than the thought
The eye is fast
But the fingers get there first
 
The fingers
 
Where I were cautious
Cruel Mummy Caution punched me in the chest
 
But for your eyes only did I smile
 
Scolded
Soundly
scolded
I lapped it up
 
Lapped it up good Pretty Girl
Pretty good and pretty harsh
 
Words more powerful than the thought
The eye is fast
But the fist gets there first
 
The fist
 
Where I were stabbed in the back cruel child
 
But for your eyes only did I smile
 
I lapped it up
 
Lapped it up good Pretty Girl
Pretty good and pretty harsh
 
Words more powerful than the thought
The eye is fast
But the words get there first
 
The fingers
 
The fist
 
The knife

 

Fotografía y texto © David F. Brandon, mayo 2015