ALBA’S SONG

Where we were only Words cruel Words they struck me dumb

But for your eyes only did I smile

Scolded

Soundly scolded

I lapped it up

Lapped it up good Pretty Girl

Pretty good and pretty harsh

Words more powerful than the thought

The eye is fast but

The word gets there first

The word

Where you were Beauty cruel Beauty slapped me across the face

But for your eyes only did I smile

Scolded

Soundly scolded

I lapped it up

Lapped it up good Pretty Girl

Pretty good and pretty harsh

Words more powerful than the thought

The eye is fast but

The fingers get there first

The fingers

Where I were cautious my cruel Mummy Caution punched me in the chest

But for your eyes only did I smile

Scolded

Soundly scolded

I lapped it up

Lapped it up good Pretty Girl

Pretty good and pretty harsh

Words more powerful than the thought

The eye is fast but

The fist gets there first

The fist

Where I were stabbed in the back cruel child

But for your eyes only did I smile

I lapped it up

Lapped it up good Pretty Girl

Pretty good and pretty harsh

Words more powerful than the thought

The eye is fast but

The words get there first

The fingers

The fist

The knife






 Fotografía y texto © David F. Brandon, mayo 2015