Marea Johnson

Burrowing quickly
into my skin
I know what you want
I know where you've been.
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Diamonds and furs and satin and lace
Perfect foundation to hide a sad face.

Dances and parties and shimmering rings
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When I was young
I used to say
That love would take
the hurt away.
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There's no virtue in my mind
It's something you will never find.

There's no love inside my heart
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Love is like winter
it makes you feel cold
It makes you feel weak
when you want to be bold.
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Disillusion
mass confusion
Preacher makes
his grand intrusion.
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When I was just a baby girl
I'd look up to the skies
I'd brush away the tousled hair
that fell into my eyes.
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When winter comes I will think of you
And how your eyes twinkled brighter
than the christmas lights.
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I no longer have a reason
to check on you through the night
For you are gone
and I am lost and alone.
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The sky turns from black
to purple to blue
Gone is the night
and all is anew.
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'Come inside and sit right down',
the doctor told me with a frown.
'Now what's the problem in your head?
Why do you wish that you were dead? '
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Her venom is toxic, lethal and quick
You'll be down on your knees, wrenching and sick.

One little false move is all that it takes
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There's a feeling deep inside of me
that makes me want to cry
I don't know what it's doing there,
I keep on asking why.
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Paint my lips
a ruby red
Curl the hair
upon my head.
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Relegated to a bed of sick
unable to speak a word
Your presence spoke much louder
than any words I'd ever heard.
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My mouth, it moves, and the words come out
But I'm the walking dead who's stumbling about.

My ears, they hear, and the words come in
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Hands so soft, as only a Mother's could be
So warm and so gentle, reaching out to me.

Eyes full of love, so tender and brown
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Melting castles in the sand,
disappear into the land.

Hiding sun behind the hill,
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It was all just a dream,
it will never take form
You're safe in your covers,
all cozy and warm.
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I know I'm going nowhere
and I'm travelling pretty fast
Depending on the future
but still living in the past.
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