Performance of Inception at the Living Poet Society event at The Studio Cafe. Inception by Autumn Echo I oftentimes decide the gravity of a situation by how much it weighs my mind down. So when you shift my insides like I have a whole ocean inside of me Just waiting to be moved by you, bright eyes like a couple of moons Tides shifting I can only assume there is a nature behind every amazing cataclysm And creation, every mission statement on our coat sleeves is really an invitation Come and get me. I know you think you have me all figured out but I treat my heart with inception It’s not deception it’s me knowing if I expect any protection it will be from my own two fists It will be from my own thick skin So you know only the parts of me I’ve let you see And maybe after a couple more layers of day dreaming and when my mind does a little less freaking out I’ll let you in one more layer You see I’ve felt what it feels like to have no boundaries and the sound of nails on chalkboard becomes melodious when compared to the silent screaming of an empty broken heart. I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot because I have a terrible habit of tripping easy And there is some meaning in the word clumsy that I gave to it myself I see the danger of taping precious organs to our clothing It’s funny… I wouldn’t hang my lungs on my shoelaces because there are some places I must travel that aren’t suitable for air walks And I don’t carry my stomach in my hands because I don’t always want to taste the things I see and feel and we are fed and feed ourselves so many poisoned dreams and unhealthy expectations I know if my stomach saw it for itself it would betray me So tell me why it’s so easy for us to wear our hearts like a piece of vintage jewelry. It looks worn because it is. It looks tarnished and old but that is ironic and sad since my heart is as old as I am. And I’m not old. I can’t explain why I had been so careless with it. But I can explain why I’m not anymore You can’t go into cardiac arrest if you police the things you feel, place handcuffs on your heartstrings and only let them sing along with your heartbeat when no one is around to hear it. I don’t think being careful with myself is a bad thing. Careful. Full of care. That’s rare. And if you can learn anything from a girl who is careful with her own heart It’s that she will be even more careful with yours.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:21:24 +0000
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