AS TOLD BY GINGER

HELLO STRANGER

Hello, stranger

- you came just in timeI look for your face in a crowd, or in line

Hello, stranger

- not a moment too soonSee, that old picture's fading in the drawer of my room Now toys have gone lost, baby teeth have come loose

There were accidents involving stitches, spilt juice

Report cards were shown, and one time I got sick

But it's nothing I couldn't catch you up on real quick

Hello, stranger

- I saved you a place

And it hardly seems strange now that I've seen your face

AND SHE WAS GONE

She chose to walk alone.

Though others wondered why.

Refused to look before her,

Kept eyes cast upwards,Towards the sky.

She didn't have companions.

No need for earthly things.

Only wanted freedom,

From what she felt were puppet strings.

She longed to be a bird.

That she might fly away.

She pitied every blade of grass

For planted they would stay.

She longed to be a flame.

That brightly danced alone.

Felt jealous of the steam

That made the air its only home.

Some say she wished too hard.

Some say she wished too long.

But we awoke one autumn day

To find that she was gone.

Some say she wished too hard.

Some say she wished too long.

But we awoke one autumn day

To find that she was gone.

The trees, they say, stood witness.

The sky refused to tell.

But someone who had seen it

Said the story played out well.

She spread her arms out wide.

Breathed in the break of dawn.

She just let go of all she held

...And then she was gone.

Cartoons are not just for kids

Chivy