Little Sister - Joyce Cooling

< little sister >
by your favorite enemies
dressed with invisible pearls and lighted colors
she's a broken flower in a huge wounded body
traveling for years to find some place to stay
she loses herself in someone else's, someone else's tragedy
spinning round like the gypsy fallen queen
schizophrenic shining secretly
for the man who gently says
how wonderful she used to be
tell me little sister is it warm and safe in there
your face is like winter and your eyes seem so dry
any words to fill the blanks, speak out little sister
are you waiting ,are you waiting, are you waiting
somewhere deep inside
standing on the corner she's trying sometimes
to touch my world, to reach my side of the wire
walking the whole universe to cross the line
spinning round like the gypsy fallen queen
schizophrenic shining secretly
for the man who gently says
how wonderful she used to be
tell me little sister is it warm and safe in there
your face is like winter and your eyes seem so dry
any words to fill the blanks, speak out little sister
are you waiting ,are you waiting, are you waiting
somewhere deep inside
carousel has slowly stopped spinning around
alice won't be back this time, wonderland's fading
as she turns off the lights,as she turns off the lights
and drops the bottle down
as she turns off the lights,as she turns off the lights
and drops the bottle down
wonderland's fading,wonderland's fading
tell me little sister is it warm and safe in there
your face is like winter and your eyes seem so dry
any words to fill the blanks
speak out little sister
are you waiting ,are you waiting, are you waiting
somewhere deep inside