This is how I speak
Posted: February 18th, 2011, 9:24 am
I coulda sold my soul for love— instead
I’m gonna draw a bubblebath of tears—
and either way’d be heartbroken and headached,
but a wash is needed, one that clears
that fabricated feeling that you’d love
me. This is how I speak to my own soul—
the soul I’ve lain on you, as if a coverlet
on top a lover’s bed— now folded,
then in jumbles— all the time controlled
by you and never led by me. So now
I’m gonna cry and each salt tear that’s trolled
across my face is gonna teach me how
to love you better, love them better, love
me better. This is how I speak to love.
I’m gonna draw a bubblebath of tears—
and either way’d be heartbroken and headached,
but a wash is needed, one that clears
that fabricated feeling that you’d love
me. This is how I speak to my own soul—
the soul I’ve lain on you, as if a coverlet
on top a lover’s bed— now folded,
then in jumbles— all the time controlled
by you and never led by me. So now
I’m gonna cry and each salt tear that’s trolled
across my face is gonna teach me how
to love you better, love them better, love
me better. This is how I speak to love.