Recently been accused of nattering
Guess old age has finally caught up
But when I stop to think about it
I've been nattering since I was a pup
I'm really the only one listening
So I've really got a built-in crowd
Amazing are the stories I tell myself
Sometimes I talk out loud
People often stop and stare
Like I'm some strange kind of kook
When having conversations with myself
Most passersby get spooked
Take me or leave me it's who I am
I'm happy in this skin that I'm in
Can't change the person I am inside
Perhaps I'm my evil twin
Recently been accused of nattering
Guess old age has finally caught up
But when I stop to think about it
I've been nattering since I was a pup
I'm really the only one listening
So I've really got a built-in crowd
Amazing are the stories I tell myself
Sometimes I talk out loud
People often stop and stare
Like I'm some strange kind of kook
When having conversations with myself
Most passersby get spooked
Take me or leave me it's who I am
I'm happy in this skin that I'm in
Can't change the person I am inside
Perhaps I'm my evil twin
Recently been accused of nattering
Guess old age has finally caught up
But when I stop to think about it
I've been nattering since I was a pup
I'm really the only one listening
So I've really got a built-in crowd
Amazing are the stories I tell myself
Sometimes I talk out loud
People often stop and stare
Like I'm some strange kind of kook
When having conversations with myself
Most passerbys get spooked
Take me or leave me I am who I am
I'm happy in this skin that I'm in
Can't change the person I am inside
Perhaps I'm my evil twin
Blonde ghostly double walker
Haunts the psyche of owner
Duplicate is seen sometimes
As death messenger
Precursor of bad omen
Feared as an imminent curse
Is the blonde twin that presents
Past or future self
Nayda Ivette
11-10-2015
here you are again
she* told me you'd be back
ruffling my feathers
stifling my dreams
grabbing my legs
as I ready for take-off
Just when I'm feeling strongest
you peek your beady-eyed head
from behind the velvet curtain
of all I've resolved
to let be
reminding me that
my journey
is not nearly over
But, I have news for you
evil sister
I'm stronger now
sharper, clearer
than last time
I know all your tricks
and will banish you
to some desert isle
before you can
strangle
the life out of me
again
*Marianne, with thanks for so much more than you'll ever know
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