Clare Siobhan - Mercy

We're drawn to each other
Like the moon, it draws the tides to land
We push and we pull,
We wax and we wane

We fit together
Like hand in crooked hand
As we hum and we whisper
Our mispronounced names

And I want to write
Like the smoke off your cigarettes
I want to sing
Like the ice on the sidewalk
I want to show you
The parts of me
You've not seen yet
I'm gonna run,
I'm gonna scream,
I'll never talk

I unfold my leaves as I turn to the sun
With a pencil,
She tidies her hair
Late Tuesday morning,
The rain has begun
Something's burning
And I don't know where

The kettle is boiling,
The baby awakes
And like paper cuts fingers,
It cuts through the noise
Out on the sidewalk,
A little dog shakes
Stack of books on my head,
I hold myself with poise

Give me freedom from myself
Give me freedom from my worry
Give me freedom from my projections, misdirections
Give me freedom,
Give me mercy

A man on a bench
Rusts outside the grocery store
Because he's copper and it's winter
And he's lost the hat he wore
I sit beside him
And sing til I cry
But there's no money in my case
And too much fire in the sky

Give me mercy
Oh, give me mercy
Oh, give me mercy
Give me mercy

Oh, give me mercy
Oh, give me mercy
Oh, give me mercy
Give me mercy

Written by:
Clare Maguire

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