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City of Noise

Posted by: Gretta on: May 12, 2009

Her hand’s been raised for twenty days,
But she’s forgotten what she had to say,
It gets like that when her life goes crazy,
And he’s not there to call her baby.
Nobody knows why she’s all alone,
Curled up on the bathroom floor with the phone,
Her thoughts going numb with the dial tone,
Lost in her tears like Marilyn [...]

These Scars

Posted by: Gretta on: March 2, 2009

I thought I saw your face today
For the first time in a long time.
I thought that you had gone away,
And that I would be fine.
But when you wouldn’t meet my eyes,
Had me looking at my feet,
I knew your words like hands of fire
Had left scars all over me.
I’m falling I never healed,
Spent my [...]

Ransom Note

Posted by: Gretta on: February 17, 2009

These days I’m finding it harder to breathe,
My head’s always pounding, knees always weak,
Retracing my steps, I’m losing my mind -
There’s something I’m missing that I’ve got to find.
Leave a ransom note so my heart can come home,
I’d do anything just so I could move on,
I know you have it, but you’ve got the proof.
So [...]