5a. Open Topic

[gunwithoutmusic]

let's not call it “giving up”
maybe “moratorium” is better
i’ve never been one
to call myself a quitter

(but i’ve never been one
to call myself lots of things)

i spoke to you often
about the power of a word
about finding just the right fit
about agonizing over it

(not that you understood
but i understood that)

it seems so final
not just a drop of the ball
but an intentional release
a saying, “i was never
enough,”

(and a thinking about
the truth behind it)

let's neither call it “giving up”
nor embrace the finality of the words
let's give it another Name

Comments

[alycewilson]

I may not know her music as well as some people, but some albums of hers have been enormously important to me. "Magnolia" is one of them, because it came out right after my divorce and so many of the songs made sense.