Picture In My Locket Poem by Annie Cordelia Adams

Picture In My Locket



wake up smile and feeling i'm held back by your arms
i know you're thinking of me when i dream of you in songs
you tell me that you love me in so many pretty words
but i know i'm just haunted by the way you kissed me first

go back to every little thing every time you held me
i have had a longing to know your secret little mysteries
every eye and don't tell me why you seemed to fade
look me in the eye and tell me why you're so afraid

tell me why you left your picture in my locket
it's wrapped around my heart i'd give it back but you don't want it
tell me if you're scared of the darkness in your closet
you fear and beware
but there's no need to be afraid of yourself

listen to the crickets in the yard beneath the windows
wait for the clouds to move and in the twilight they will show
all the light that's left inside the darkness of the planets
and when you wake from your sleep you'll feel the glitter set in

find a clearing in the other side of the field
there's no need for axes now
and if you climb high enough you can reach up through the clouds
and pull down with you a ray of sun, and feel the heavens sound

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