Head Out the Window
.
Little girl
Little girl
She sits by the window
Dangling her long legs
On the scrappy side
Of the house
.
Little girl
Little girl
What do you look at
Ahead in the wind
With eyes
Riding the sky
.
Little girl
Little girl
Help me please
Turn your head
From the skies
And advise the home
Where your body lies
.
.
.
Facet
.
The fat me
Sat unhappy
Gazing at the sky
Imagining
What I once was
That skinny daydream
Who knew
What to say
.
She tried to look like her
In clothes
And in voice
But she failed
To be the me
Of years ago
.
Then she decided to run
Across the sky
And see
If she could turn back time
.
As she began to thin
She began to slip
From this supposed
Calm sky
Into that skinny day
.
A facet
Had been released
And all her old clothes
And abilities
Came back
But not the words
Of the old her