lyrics: louise zimmerman

UNBROKEN

like a caged bird

with a clipped wing

I wondered if I’d ever fly again

the soft parts of me

got dug in

I thought I’d never be tender again

my life was unseen

like a thin fog

seen when the sun 

hit the stream

I want to be known

and let you know me

open up my heart to love again

why can’t you stay

right in it with me

let me fall in love with you then

the couch held me

when no one else would

let me sink in and rest some more

holding back tears

that won’t stop fallin’

once they start

they would pour

catch a glimmer of sun

on the back of wave

Snap out of your self-haze

I want to be known

and let you know me

open up my heart to love again

one dimensional me

popped to 2d

lining up to join with friends

found a new wing

and started to sing

thinking we aren’t sure how this ends

the paper doll girl

pushed out of her depth

danced until the moon ascends

why can’t you stay

right in it with me

let me fall in love with you then.

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about the writer: louise zimmerman

mom, engineer, poet, musician

she is also exploring the theme of divorce in the time of COVID and offering support here.

her instagram is @moderndivirus