He left a card, a bar of soap and a scrubbing brush next to a note
That said "use these down to your bones"
And before I knew I had shiny skin and it felt easy being clean like him
I thought "this one knows better than I do"

A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle
He tried to cut me so I'd fit

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?
Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could've gone?
And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?
And so that I do remember to never go that far,
Could you leave me with a scar?

So the next one came with a bag of treats, she smelled like sugar
andspoke like the sea
And she told me don't trust them, trust me
Then she pulled at my stitches one by one, looked at my insides
clickingher tongue and said
"This will all have to come undone"

A triangle trying to squeeze through a circle
She tried to blunt me so I'd fit

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?
Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could have gone?
And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?
And so that I do remember to never go that far,
Could you leave me with a scar?

I think I realized just in time, although my old self was hard to find
You can bathe me in your finest wine but I'll never give you mine
'Cos I'm a little bit tired of fearing that I'll be the bad fruit nobody
buys
Tell me, did you think we'd all dream the same?

And doesn't that sound familiar? Doesn't that hit too close to home?
Doesn't that make you shiver; the way things could have gone?
And doesn't it feel peculiar when everyone wants a little more?
And so that I do remember to never go that far,
Could you leave me with a scar?
Could you leave me with a scar?

Missy Higgins

{{Jess642}}

thanks for sharing

jess these jabs at me are really unnecessary

you made your point ...i don't want you anymore...so just keep me out of
your head and your attempt at poetry

Its great to see someone else loves Missy Higgins.

Her album The sound of white ROCKS

whatever..cheap shots

(Stays out of the personal business to say...) I like the poem.

MISSY HIGGINS LYRICS

"Any Day Now"

How long, how long, how long, will we take to come undone?
If you know the answer tell me now, and I'll write up a calendar for our
count down.
'Cos what if what we see is all, is all we've got?

Say you've kept some fire aside to set light to me some surprising
night.
And say you've locked some fire away, to set light to me, some
surprising day.
To me some surprising day, any day now...

How come, how come, how come I'm now on a road holding out my thumb?
If you know my destination please buy me the fastest car and throw me
the keys.
'Cos what if what we see is all, is all we've got?

Say you've kept some fire aside to set light to me some surprising
night.
And say you've locked some fire away to set light to me some surprising
day.

'Cos finger by finger we're losing grasp and
I'm questioning the reason why nothing beautiful does last...

Say you've kept some fire aside to set light to me some surprising
night.
And say you've locked some fire away, to set light to me some surprising
day,
To me some surprising day... any day now.


From the Album "Sound of White"...

Thank you for introducing me to Missy Higgins ... I am loving her music
right now.

lovely poetry
weird things around
love to everybody

I knew a cat that had a tenure tat
but the owner didn’t like it cause the ***** was a brat
the artwork didn’t change the disposition of the cat
it was lazy and lethargic and corpulently fat

Now Jess, and Bl8ant, and The Lonely Walker too
could have told the feline owner that the cat would not subdue
for *****’s do their thing even when their thing’s taboo
no silly tat upon a cat can make this fact untrue

So if you want to change someone
and you can’t accept them as they are
I’ll tell you how to do it
even though it’s quite bizarre

Dump the cat and buy a goose
then fill it full of boozy juice
set it free without abuse
and you’ll become like Dr. Seuss

It’s true,
the cat remains the same
and the goose was never changed
but at least the owner’s selfishness
has finally been estranged