Laura Veirs

Parisian Dream

Laura Veirs


Your painting
Scratched lines of blue and gold
You open me up
Was folding into myself
A deck of cards
Face down empty on the shelf

Your song with 
Emphasis on one and two
Then I couldn't keep time
You took me into a dream
Exploding soundtrack 
That I treasure as mine…

I was bent over
My chest and invisible line 
Sinking
But then the light 
The lamp that I held 
In my blistered hands
You the fuel and 
Me the fool for not noticing

This Chinese junk we're on
With strapping strong
You cast free the lines
Let's float here
Together clearly we better
Slip out to the brine!