#239 - Quick lyricspost before I head off to ART233.

[reileen]

A few entries ago I mentioned a song called "life: notes from your mistress", about which I'd said that I thought it had potential, but that it still needed a lot of work. Well, I got the chance to work on it some more today, and while I'm still unsure about it, it's decent enough to stick up here.

life: notes from your mistress

to the cereal I ate this morning:
     your spill upon my art supplies
     greatly displeased my groggy eyes
to the professor of lifetimes past:
     would it that I could fight my sleepy haze
     and follow you through history's maze

I ask for a lot, but only a little at a time
I just wanna get through this safe life of mine

to the sushi I ate for lunch:
     three left in the tray
     is three too many for today
to the heels I chose to wear:
     I distrust the way you court my feet
     and flood them with an aching heat

(but is it heaven's own sign
that you make me look so fine?)

I ask for a lot, but only a little at a time
I wait for things and try not to whine

my life in a day, life in a day
once begun is twice the fun
fall where it may, where it may
exotic spice in the cosmic dice

to the train ride back:
     you're one in fifty grand score
     give me a reason to expect something more

to the home I left in the morn:
     I only need to get to bed
     to rest under cover of burdens shed

things may be better or worse with time
but at least I've survived a day in this life of mine

***

Okay, a quick lunch at the mom-and-pop Branko's shop before I trot off to class. There's a reason that place has been in business here for the past two or three decades.

-Reileen
will it be okay to just wait and see?