TENDERNESS COMES FROM PAIN

Shadow shadow on the wall

Show me what it is you call

What it is you wake from sleep

Deep inside - I hear it creep

What hid in me, I see in you

Reflects to guide me, no taboo 

Captured for eons of time, 

No way to hide or mime.

Hit me hard and show me the truth

Set me free and give me blues

Tenderize me to the max 

Heal me, calm me—show me the tracks

That led me to that open door

Of which I had never dreamed before

So real, so rich, so grant, so fine, 

Ein Traum wird wahr, selig, erhaben

I surrender to you, oh sweet velvet pain

Growing taller and tender again and again.

© 2022 | Annabelle Bini | October 29, 2017