Slightly Flagging

Bu2

I look at this white canvas
and boldly paint it red
to make up for all the things
I left undone, unsaid

I want to shake you up
get inside your head
to show you all the things
that got me so misled

I want you to add some blue
and some white, to make it right
Then I want to lay down my flag,
my arms, and give up my fight

Tie me up
and leave me helpless
kiss my throat and leave me breathless
and paint by numbers
in the dark
Shut me up and leave me tethered
keep me dry until good weather
then take me walking
in the park

I’ll run with my tongue wagging
You know me - I can’t stop bragging
I take my cans, all brightly colored,
and paint this town

I look like Lucille Ball
I really ought to rent a hall
and throw a big birthday bash
I’ll be the clown

I cover this white face
and smear my lips bright red
so the blues and everything else
don’t get me down

And now, look, the fireworks start
Ah! They always break my heart
The bursting red, white and blue
you know, they tear my soul in two

Tie me up
and leave me helpless
kiss my throat and leave me breathless
and paint by numbers
in the dark
Shut me up and leave me tethered
keep me dry until good weather
then take me walking
in the park

Until it gets dark

romybian

Beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!

Bu2

I enjoyed your "Sigh" very much. It evoked a lonely, "I'm here alone in the dawn, watching earth be created anew -- and no one else can see it but me" feeling in me.

It was sweet.

romybian

Bu2 wrote:

"I'm here alone in the dawn, watching earth be created anew -- and no one else can see it but me"

A loner's need