Personal Challenge #2

Personal Challenge #2

The inimitable Fireblossom issued me the second Personal Challenge here at Toads (do I hear the collective sigh of relief from the rest of you Toads that you don't have to compose a poem to follow her 2 jewels of the previous week? I thought so!)  My challenge was to choose a song about which I felt strongly and write about my associations to it. 

After several days of mouse-like concentration, I finally decided upon "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos. This song speaks to me about a part of myself that somehow got lost during my years of focusing on my career and early motherhood.

Stolen Voice by Saturated Insanity

Mermaid in Blue Jeans

I heard the song

of the crimson haired mermaid

I heard her voice

and mine echoed back

Once upon a time

I, too, traded my voice

to an evil witch

She had many names and

many faces

but they all looked like me

only without my flaws

without my scars

Mermaid in blue jeans

I cut off my tongue

to walk among mortals

I found love but

lost my muse

to the sea foam

I rent my blouse
where no one would see

I should have known

tattered garments leave the marrow

cold

years of silence are

deafening

and the most evil witches

are those in the glass

 In my head
I kept hearing her song
I whispered a note

and the mermaids answered

I sang

and the glass shattered

I screamed

and heard my own voice

no longer silent

I sing

I sing

I sing of love

of sex

of death

of blood

and it's not always beautiful

and it's not perfect

but it's true.

Poetry by  Lolamouse