I close out the world with my headphones
\nShining as bright red as a tomato
\nSo I can sustain my love
\nAnd also read my book
\nThe lake before me shines like a mirror
\nThe ripples dance with the wind<\/p>\n
My hair is blowing with the wind
\nDespite my overly large headphones
\nFrom my bag I pull a mirror
\nAnd find my cheeks are now red as a tomato
\nPutting down my book
\nI tie back my hair with a band that I love<\/p>\n
On the wind I hear the voice that I love
\nCruelly brought to me by the wind
\nI try to return to my book
\nAnd coccoon myself again with my headphones
\nMy whole face now red as a tomato
\nI see he and his now woman in my mirror<\/p>\n
Despondent, I smash my mirror
\nThis does not attract the object of my love
\nHe jokes about his woman’s cheeks now red as a tomato
\nTouched by the same rough wind
\nI wish I couldn’t hear through the headphones
\nAnd raise my eyes to my book<\/p>\n
I’ve forgotten where I am in my book
\nBeneath someone’s feet crunch pieces of mirror
\nThere is a gentle tug on my headphones
\nI look up to see the face that I love
\nI had forgotten how beautiful his hair is in the wind
\nHis lips red as a tomato<\/p>\n
He offers me a tomato
\nAsks me about my book
\nComments on the wind
\nAsks about the mirror
\nAll I can say is, “Go away my love.”
\nThen I pull back on my headphones<\/p>\n
I eat the tomato as into the ground he grinds the last bits of mirror
\nBack to my book as he walks away to love
\nThere is finally a settling of the wind and I am shielded by my headphones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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