BuildingsAndCollisions Part1

Photocopy (Rough 1st demo)

CelestialFascination

No Alarm

Numbers

Natalie Almighty

Hannah is a palindrome
But she’s not a pal of mine
She’s dressed up as a palomino
In a horsey pantomime

Teacher please enlighten me
Star signs and geometry
Seven sisters sail the seas     
The constellation Pleiades


And what in life has guarantees?
And what resides beneath your filigree?
Coloured glass or true bijou?
And how do I connect to you?
Switches, wires, tape or glue
Arm in arm or under shoe?

Hannah is a mystery
With complicated history
Epitome of trickery
She engineers her victory

Somebody explain to me
Love and hate and apathy
Hours drag while days fly by
And suddenly you’ve said goodbye

And what in life has guarantees?
Did you ever save a thought for me?
Looking back at time I spent
Thinking of the words I penned
Letters from my heart, conveyed
Dropped from pockets on the driveway
I’d love to have you in for tea
But I think you’ve got it out for me
I don’t know how to change this course
Especially when you’re dressed as a horse

Hannah is a palindrome
But she’s not a pal of mine
She’s dressed up as a palomino
In a horsey pantomime

Guiding light, please shine tonight
I beg of you for second sight
Be you beast or fairy sprite
Illuminate and I’ll requite

And what in life has guarantees?
And will I ever learn to trust in me?
And when I feel solid ground
Beneath my feet without you around?
Switches, wires, tape and glue
I tried so hard to stick to you.

And what in life is guaranteed?
And what in life is guaranteed?
Indulgent, I’ll refuse regret
Capitulate to love and yet
Though I implore to be your slave
You can refuse what you don’t crave

Sophisticated squanderer 
Mercurial astronomer
You’re playing with my life so absentmindedly 

What in life is guaranteed?

HANNAH

You were a warning for me
I didn’t learn how to heed you
You were a pretty mess
That was I falling into

You had the eloquence
You had the grounding
You had a view to the stars
I took a pounding 

You were braver than I 
In the ways I wasn’t braver than you
You were a beacon of light
A comet I tried to pursue

You were all teeth and gums
An insatiable smile
Unmovable statue boy
Still I pushed for a while

You had the rocket fuel
You had the spaceship
You had a view to the stars
And me with a fat lip

You were harder than I 
In the ways that I was brighter than you
You were a colourful lie
A habit couldn’t break through - for a while

Delicious!

Floating, weightless, drifting close tonight
Breathing heavy; nervous, trembling, ahhh

Stars shine in your eyes and mine
Icy breath in wintertime

Constellations: all the stars align
Rush to twine, colliding to combine
This gasp! This grasp! A paradigm.

Lay your eager hand in mine
Flume of flame in wintertime

Snow squeaking underfoot
While neon lights enchant the night and-
Quiet sounds are lost
Sighs and shivers twist and melt into the air

Skin and blood and body supplicate
Minds and mouths and hands can consecrate

Lay your body next to mine
Kissing warms the wintertime
Let your lips fall over mine
Kissing warms the wintertime

cyndy ryder