Poetess Play - Tina Dico

This old cracked ceiling

Is creeking at you

It seems to know the feeling

Of breaking like you do

You came here to test yourself

To take it all on

In stead you’ve made a mess of yourself

You’ve been having too much fun

And now you’re fighting strangers

And shadows on the wall

And voices in your head

Saying 'Why am I here at all?'

You’ve ruled out your choices

Like the loyalist you are

And drowned all those noises

Strumming your guitar

Wrapped in cold comfort

A brief and short-lived kick

Another can of Export

That ought to do the trick

Cause she used to come home early

Just to be with you

And now it’s getting later

And there’s really nothing you can do

I came here to save you

Though I know I never could

I don’t wanna change you

I just wish you understood

That you are just a puppet

In a poetess' play

And it’s time to cut the strings now

It’s time to walk away

Another early hour

Another painful kiss

Climb back up in your tower

Go dream of what you miss

You came here to calm yourself

To set yourself free

In stead you’re alarmed as hell

Cause now you know you never will be

This is your illusion

These are your dreams

This is your life

And it’s never what it seems

I came here to save you

Though I know I never could

I don’t wanna change you

I just wish you understood

That you are just a puppet

In a poetess' play

And it’s time to cut the strings now

It’s time to walk away