She Said
She said piss is a mild antiseptic
bad weather won’t make you sick
cigarettes probably won’t kill you
like the smoke they smoke in your head
To be high she said is mighty
I will love you as long as we know
that unprovables are consistent
with what we know we know to be true
Put a car in reverse it goes backwards
put a life on the skids it goes down
though nothing that is will be altered
I still love the way that way can
I love the dreams you walk through
the chaos you command to go back
the strength that draws on your muscles
the violence that lets itself go
She said there’s no real difference
where we come from or why we weep
if tonight she can feel me in her arms
if when it’s raining she can watch me sleep
And though time will always intrude
whenever the dawn comes round
my lines wait for tomorrow my love
waking first listening to your stilling heart.
© 2016 Rob Schackne
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