Blackhaired Girl

You flash in and out
like a memory
distant and broken
yet calling to me
I hear you whisper
"save my life"
I'm fighting so hard now
I feel I have the right
you question my motives
your trust has been broken
not by me
I haven't spoken

I feel your presence
all around
your energy consumes me
blinds me and compounds
till it reaches the point
that I have no choice
I live in plain sight
visible and plain
velvet blankets
brushed against the grain
I see you so clearly
now in my mind
asking me questions
you take me for a ride

I want to sit in your porche
take those lines off your face
I would never use you
or abuse you
you and I are the same
we're both capsized ships
in the same old port
I'll take you to land
sit with you on the shore

we can take it slow
one day at a time
I communicate through other means
you listen all the time
I use my strength to make you see
magic is real and its inside of me