Everything you gave me lies within a trunk, within a drawer. I burned one
Hundred photographs or more. I fled across the ocean with another face,
Another name. Nothing but my soul remained the same. But still you came
With cases, I was forced to let you stay. You bought the locks, the box in
Which I lay….. I tried to get away from you. I tried to make a break.
You always see right through me — there’s no escape… I can still
Remember you with cornets, white horses, I would run behind — you’d flash
The sign. I dived just to serve you. But night-time turned the lady to a
Girl again, you’d slip away. You tried to kiss my tears away, pretend
There was no day to take me down… Nightshade, blades, Niagra Falls — I
Tried them all six times. But you would always run behind me and you’d
Find me. Keep me on a leash, on a line… I’m uncomfortably resigned
There’s no release ’til you untie me. Deny me! I tried to get away from
You…
