Unraveling - Deb Talan

You tie your shoes too tight, you know

Cause it feels better that way

And when you don’t, all night you are dreaming

You walk, laces streaming down the street behind you

A river of tangled string

You are unraveling

And no one else seems to mind

You keep it to yourself, stay numb and act fine

You wear the truth under your sole, like a pebble

It makes you limp and sway

But it will out someday

Take it from me it is no use

Washing your hands so often they are clean and cracked

You never get your old skin back

Once you have loved like that

You’re a river of tangled string…

He is inside you, he loved your marrow

You think you could cut him out with a knife

If you went deep enough

I don’t think so

Maybe sing him back to living

'cause he might rise like a snake in a basket

Or he may close his eyes

And wait till his life is a full-fledged casket, floating on

A river of tangled string…