I used to bow my head
and fold my hands
and close my eyes
the rules were very important
the game was to play by the rules
to watch your mouth
wear shorts under your dress
never lie
never yell
in dreams
that bearded menace
sat on the Golden skyline
and wrote down
what I had done wrong
the rules I had broken
and screamed my sinners song
into small ears
that night, I climbed the staircase,
I would fly,
I had planned to fly.
every cell lifted me to the top of the
staircase with the eagerness of the adventure
I got to the top
stood on the rail
balanced like a swan
and as my young knees bent
to leap to the sky
above the black lit dark,
I heard that law mans
booming dissent
Jillian, don't play God
and I didn't.
Nov 11, 2015
Nov 11, 2015 at 2:59 AM UTC
I used to bow my head
and fold my hands
and close my eyes
the rules were very important
the game was to play by the rules
to watch your mouth
wear shorts under your dress
never lie
never yell
in dreams
that bearded menace
sat on the Golden skyline
and wrote down
what I had done wrong
the rules I had broken
and screamed my sinners song
into small ears
that night, I climbed the staircase,
I would fly,
I had planned to fly.
every cell lifted me to the top of the
staircase with the eagerness of the adventure
I got to the top
stood on the rail
balanced like a swan
and as my young knees bent
to leap to the sky
above the black lit dark,
I heard that law mans
booming dissent
Jillian, don't play God
and I didn't.
