stay next to me

don't get lost
in this whirlwind
of activity

stay next to me

we've been through
the ups and downs

the black and whites
the blues and browns

all the colours of life
and how it wasn't
meant to be

stay next to me

i promise
the sun will shine us through

me and you
just as it was before

stay next to me

unseen

you are with me
and i am with you

and eternity
will bow in our favour

and whosoever
crosses the line
between us

won't be seen 

the dream between us
is too strong

(long)

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no matter

a triangle

can't be round

no matter how hard

it tries

a like

can't be a love

no matter how hard

i cry

a help

can't be a cure

no matter how hard

i sigh 

a love 

can't be erased

no matter how hard

i try

(die)

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your mask

you play your game
i follow behind

trying to catch up
to your creativity

you rush about
flickering in time

i try to bring in
sensibility

you pause to listen
to what is right

acting like words
can change

but the mask you
wear wards off

anything that feels
strange

fly in an instant
towards your own
destiny

i knew all along
that you'd never
follow me

your mask forgot
to show

the you i didn't know

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new day

a new day
would be if we
took our coats

and cool scarves

and ran out into
the winter wind

driving a straight line
'til our stomachs told us
to stop

trying new food
drinking hot drinks

pouring out our lives
over the steam of some
delicacy

you don't have to sit
next to me
to know i'm on your side

just close your eyes
and ride

(new)

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you don't know

y'all think i'm cold
looking at my daughter's body
and then turning away

you don't know me

i was asking where
she was found

i was asking when
she died

i was asking how long
it took before
she passed on

y'all are wrong to think
i wasn't thinking
of her

i was in the business of
finding out
what happened
to my baby

her body can stay
right where
it is

that's all i have left

i gotta hear
what happened
i gotta see
what happened

i gotta know
what happened
before i feel again

emotions can wait

i gotta know


for tereasa martin

just a song at twilight

in the quiet

autumn moonlight

sit with me

the old people will point

and call it "spooning"

the young ones will whistle

and call it "scoring"

the smart ones will nod,

and call it "none of their business"

we'll call it love

(or maybe something like it)

hold my hand

warm my heart

understand me

for just a while . . .

stay