These Words Are You
These words to which I am bound
Burn in my brain
And I must get them down.
Even when the shine is gone,
And rhetoric has lost its meaning
You may want to turn your head from this
I’m not promising it to be pretty.
Upon every breakthrough I have never held my pen
The melody might have been complete if I did
But my mind sometimes wanders
And the tune becomes flat.
I know these lines must make it through
The gray matter of my brain,
Somehow to find an exit
Or I will never rest.
These words are very much a part of me
Like the grass that sits on the breeze
I cannot deny them life right now
For fear they will make me weak.
Look at my face real close
And you’ll know I’m being true,
These words are also a part of you
I hear them in your teeth.
Our words are connected by a string
That brings you closer to me
So close your eyes and open your heart
I’m ready to pull you in.
-Tuiyanti Mampihandon
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