Anaïs Mitchell
Flowers (Eurydice's Song)
EURYDICEWhat I wanted was to fall asleepClose my eyes and disappearLike a petal on a stream, a feather on the airLily white and poppy redI trembled when he laid me outYou won't feel a thing, he said, when you go downNothing gonna wake you nowDreams are sweet until they're notMen are kind until they aren'tFlowers bloom until they rot and fall apartIs anybody listening?I open my mouth and nothing comes outNothingNothing gonna wake me nowFlowers, I remember fieldsOf flowers, soft beneath my heelsWalking in the sunI remember someoneSomeone by my sideTurned his face to mineAnd then I turned awayInto the shadeYou, the one I left behindIf you ever walk this wayCome and find me lying in the bed I made
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