Love Poem: Your Song
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Written by: Katherine Oliver

Your Song

now to rearrange, or pick and choose 
from what i had, that made up you 
the scattered thoughts inside my head 
"write a song about me" you said 

i found some gems; lyrical gold 
in my snapshot box of things you told 
i strung them together, set them to rhyme 
my jigsaw of poetry in 2/4 time 

this is the stuff that songs are made of 
but i cant sing in tune 
its a shame i have dyslexia 
or i'd try it in accapella 
i know you think its sexier 

the words, i know will make you smile 
i was in love, you in denyal 
those extraordinary nights, sick with perfection 
are mirrored here in my singsong reflection 

that time we laughed so hard we cried 
rolled in the grass, stayed up all night 
dizzy whispers accross the bed 
'write a song about me' you said 

this is the stuff that songs are made of 
but i sing out of key 
this problem makes the tune flop 
sound more r'n'b than hip hop 
so i guess instead of singing 
i'll have to scream your song from rooftops