Scarborough Gypsy

I look into the mirror
By accident these days
For it’s not my own reflection
That meets my startled gaze
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Am so afraid of how you feel
Listening to what you’ve said
Chills me to the bone
Our whole existence is on shaky ground
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He’s written his rules
In invisible ink
She’s thirsty for answers
But can’t get a drink
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My heart sank
As I watched her go
That familiar pain returned in an instant
And I felt hollow inside
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This one's a real scorcher
A flaming true one too
The subject – my 'hot' sister
And the things she likes to do
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I lay awake in my bed
Awaiting only sleep
Last cycle of the dish machine
Stopped – and then went BEEEEP!
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Sometimes I get just a sniff
A whiff of a memory
A time or a place
Of people
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Cry for me, please cry for me,
I want you to feel hurt,
I want the pain to dig at you,
And make you feel like dirt
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I’d like to awake
Without being woken
To just sit and think
With no word spoken
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Hot cup of tea
Now that for me would be
Such a luxury
Hot Cup of Tea
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We were blessed with an angel,
The day that she came,
Only a child so perfect,
Could carry her name,
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Once again alone and lost,
This empty feeling is the cost
Of many regrets and dreams I’ve tossed
Onto the heap of mental compost,
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Big waves ten foot plus,
Fear fills my heart - board too small
Maybe tomorrow
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Your ever lasting
kiss touched my soul long before
we had ever met.
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Gypsy has gone AWOL
And joined a circus Troup
Spends her time now juggling
And leaping through a hoop!
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I know he hurts inside
He misses his boys so much
But I am helpless to his pain
I tread on eggshells when we speak of them
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Skeletons in cupboard
Ugly bony truths
Betrayal stands unspoken
Doors locked with keys
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My sleep is abruptly interrupted
Morning mechanics kick into gear
Affection first on his agenda
Arms outstretched he pulls me near
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This bogey is a fing
What lives up in your nose
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üMy memorable trip to the zoo
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