Sometimes, I wish I was a tree: Tall, wide, and majestic as can be… One with branches that sway slowly… Watching above, everything I woul… Sometimes, I wish I was an oak.

Don’t cry Don’t cry Don’t cry Because it’s your birthday.

Wait 'til Michigan comes. I think I’ll wait 'til then. Think I’ll wait 'til I hear my co… Hear them loving me in Michigan. Think I’ll wait 'til I swim.

She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird

I’ve been waiting For years And days And all the seconds For a warm body.

He touched my knee (now I’m in lo… No time for breath ('cause I’m in… He likes my hair (now I’m so lost… No time for speed ('cause I’m in… He gave me truth (now I’m so free…

I ran from you all my life. I’ve had problems, But that doesn’t make it right.

She fell like rain, Like a bird, Like a comet chasing light, Like a star dropping from the nigh… Like a stone in water,

If flowers could cry, Would the water out-spilled Also drown them Like a sloshing grave of Wet mud?

You’re young. You’ll feel better. You’ll get better Eventually. So much time to feel better.

You ruined me. How could you? You’re my mother. You were supposed to be strong. Not me.

In my house, You don’t ask questions. The whispers from mom and dad Signal you to a hiding place. In my house,

Splattered you All over my body And flecks of skin Inside every crevice. I can’t get rid of you

I love John. I love when he cries. When he looks at me, I fly.

I often cajole myself Into crying, But I refrain. I know I’ll never stop.