i noticed her face as he told her
“there was nothing we could do” —
saw the brightness fade, watched it crumple —

a life incredible, vivid, excellent.
i noticed her face as he told her
“there was nothing we could do” —
saw the brightness fade, watched it crumple —
if you asked me now what i wanted
i would say a kitchen window with a view
flowers on the table
and a pair of kind eyes laughing back at me across it
i could write you a note
filled with beautiful things
I am the girl from the coffee shop
(The Bird and the Bulldog) —
Though when I say “girl” I actually mean “woman of diminutive stature”
i don’t always feel its pull
the tug at my heart that says
‘what if all this one day were yours?’