See the paint dripping down the wall Watch it as it falls to stain us all Red-streaked fingers and mercury shining eyes Eyes staining the sky Silver and gold to make new friends But will you keep the old? Or just ball them up anicent poems in a torn-up notebook toss it onto the pile of wood Toss the lit match, watch it burn Gold flames melt the silver down until it dissolves and is gone Blackbird swoops down and the tip of his wing whispers to the fire βIgnite me, I beg you; your golden flames are just so beautiful.β The shrill scream of the blackbird pierces the sky And makes the clouds cry tears of clear sorrow and bitter sympathy
Standing below, face tilted up, a little girl pokes her tongue through her teeth She can taste the sorrow and sympathy And she can taste the fear She can taste a world of pain just in one single tear.