Vocals: Sydney Lee
Acoustic Guitar: Sydney Lee
Electric Guitar: Joe Begalla
Writing, Production: Sydney Lee

Rearview Mirror

A song inspired by Frida Kahlo's "Henry Ford Hospital." Music & Lyrics by Sydney Lee.

salvation 
holds its many meanings
cradled in sterile, benevolent hands
like fallen fruits
some with skins not yet ripe
fighting to stay whole as they can

salvation
caught me like an acrobat
fingers slid and dropped me from my flying trapeze
it’s beyond me
why it passed your fall right by
and nothing in this world can put me at ease
 
not the old flower pressed
between encyclopedia entries
couldn’t grow something beautiful  
after all the love he sent me
and i weep from the solace of my sleep
dreaming of the face
that should’ve been yours

salvation
addressed me by my slave name
the echoes broke the walls down before I came to
there’s no return
of what I lost when I was saved
when they saved me, I lost you
why spare the woman
with no life left to lose


Jenny Rogers

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