daisies

someone in pain wrote this song for you
for you know who you are
i died quite well
but you're living badly
i know how low you are

then she said
pick lots of daisies and
make a chain
and wear it for me

someone on morphine said
do you want to know what i was going to be
beneath the sips
and the saline drips
there was a poetess inside me

then she said
eat lots more ice cream
and fewer beans...
and do it for me

someone whispered in clarity
never let your mother see you cry
she feels more pain than you'll ever feel
it's her script, she won't know why

you come from inside her
you are her!
you're her life's reward.
But with you, they never cut the cord

with you, they never cut the cord.

someone in pain wrote this song for me
for you know who you are
remember this down your charcoal tear mine
and your white smiling stable time
that love never dies