Convenient Woman

Keep me in a drawer at your bedside
Take me out whenever you need
Use me good until you’re done
Then toss me aside.
Now do you feel pretty?
Now do you feel smart?
Put me back until next time.
I’m cheap and easy to find.
I’ll be there until I’m gone
And soon I may be gone.
No more your string to pull.
No more [...]

Reconcile

1978-79

My heart still aches for her. I only wish she had known. That someone else had recognized it sooner and reached out to help her. I know that in the end, you can only help yourself. You can’t save anybody else, and nobody else can save you. But knowledge is power.

She was young. She was [...]