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Yeah forever alone
a dog without a bone
a child without a home
a voice without words
a spring without birds
forever
          ever
                    alone

never
          with a match
forever
          a catch

 

hopes forever dashed
tires forever slashed
plans crashed    smashed

no take-off for these words
words never to be heard
like a bird
                    neck cracked
                    wings snapped

 

hope may spring eternal
but the kernel may not grow
spring may be too slow
if the climate is too cold
if the ice will not crack

hope may spring eternal
but despair oozes dark
          like clay
          quicksand
          bog
          mud
burying the kernel

hope may spring eternal
but please someone
help me tend the kernel
or no take-off for these words
words never to be heard
          like a bird
                    neck cracked
                    wings snapped

 

please someone
          help me to be heard




Elsa

February 11, 2002


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