Mother

Oh mother i am small again
and i know that it's so wrong
but i can't take another step
you know i'm not that strong

you have cut me down to size
as every good mommy should
said you'll keep me safe and warm
if i promise to be good

oh mother i have stayed so still
and yet you've let me go
i lie in dust and wait for you
you'll save me soon, i know

like a child beneath the covers
i hear your footsteps and your rage
but you don't come to tuck me in
or scare the nightmares away

oh mother there are monsters
and they hold my hand so tight
and even though they hurt me bad
somehow it feels just right.

my heart

my heart lives in a house of bones
surviving behind ivory bars
a princess in a castle, it beats its fists
then dreams through the rest of the day
at night it sighs by the light of the moon
wishing someone would save it
but when it goes to sleep it smiles
to know just where it will be come morning