Oh MERCY! Loosen the vice./Damn these stupid poetic moods....

[peqi]

"Sound of Water" - Sarah Slean

Just to hear the sound of water
Just to put the fire on ice
I'm lying down in the shower
O mercy loosen the vice
Sometimes the sword is so heavy
And the pain has a ravenous mouth
In the pits of my own making
Sometimes I don't think I'll ever get out

All the world stroking their comas
And the madmen making the news
Bent over like a beggar
I was saying "it's no use"
This ain't the world for intelligent women
Unless you like swimming in your own dark sea
These are times for urgent rhymes
But where the poetry?

When the light
The light is hard to find!
And you're walking blind
You only need to change your mind
Your mind

Wide awake and hope-infected
I became a glittering queen
Every light in my direction
Was a bright magnificent green
Adorned with invisible riches
I saw my stitches glowing so bright
No the burden was not heavy,
For the master it was light!

When the light
The light is hard to find!
And you're walking blind
You only need to change your mind
You only need to change your mind
Your mind