Please read this s l o w l y.
Salvation of the Amnesiac (White)
Yesterday was a smudge in the sky
Now was all she had
left behind
And she smiled at the new stuffed toys
resting on her bed
She got new toys everyday
New dresses and a new way of tying her ponytail
She never kept the outside screams
nor the teases, nor even any incoming mail
She just had the one same dream
of smearing her own doodles
her very own doodles
into blotches that seemed to gleam
with a blinding white.
Yesterday was a cross on a hill.
She heard that someone paid the bill
for the meals her granddad had
a long long time ago
“Those are bad for your health, dear.”
“Yes sweetie, mummy’s right, so just run along now, ok?”
Her teeth were really white.
She skipped back to her toys
and she beamed with joy
when Bunny told her she’d be alright.
Oh, how she loved her toys.
And then, she found a new storybook
She promised Bunny she’d read it to everyone
She knew it’d be so much fun
because her audience was never the same.
And one day she was taken away
from her teddy bears
and lullaby days
Those people in white coats
were right
their silver cords and nerdy eyes
They were right
Sooner or later she’d have to go
someday, today
But Bunny was right too
“You’ll be alright.” (smiles)
“It’s over now, you’re by My side, you’ll be alright. You’re white inside.”
~tc©
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