The Poem Lyrics

A cloud caged in darkness

My fingers swell as love dwindles

Feather teasing ice kisses

I fail

Picked up I can't stand the loud voice

Over at the market

I lost myself

My neighbor says

She found me in the 15th aisle

Looking for rich buttery creamy chocolate

Yes oh yes to suppress the

Angst of pre menstrual syndrome

Anyway I'm elated

I was saved in the 15th aisle

The frozen food section

She would have never found me

I would have died

Nailed to two popsicle sticks

Walking out my door again

I know that lettuce and carrots are

For rabbits only so

I need a real man

Someone who can eat a hearty beef stew and be my voice

I don't think so

With my cramps on the table and my head in a cup of coffee

His legs are straddled

On the smooth curve of the chair

Voices in the distance

Tell me to keep my heart

With a cup of tea

It's wonderful the rhythm

Of women's poetry

It carries a cadence of burden and Ricochets the pleasing smile

For the towering justice

High cliff wall around it

It flourishes from the 3rd chakra

Frightening screaming

It flourishes from the 3rd chakra

Frightened screaming

A flower laden with insecurity

But blossoming strength and unwieldy power after all

It's wonderful

The rhythm of women's poetry