Lexicon by Kelli Anne Noftle

Lexicon by Kelli Anne Noftle

Because you peeled

the top away

just to find another layer.

If I'm a sponge

then she's steel wool.

The harshest things will pull you through.

I went back to the overpass

the one beside your old house

and wrote a lexicon for us

a dictionary for mistrust.

Does language make consciousness

or is it just the opposite?

Your mouth

an empty pocket.

I found your rusted razor in

my medicine cabinet.

Now everythings so automatic.

I went back to the overpass,

the one besides your old house

and wrote a lexicon for us

a dictionary for mistrust.

Does language make consciousness

or is it just the opposite?

Your mouth,

my empty pocket.

I will try

to speak your name.

Like braiding ends,

the place it frayed.

You take this all

so seriously.

If I can't have you,

I can't have you,

If I can't have you

everyone will.

Note: This has been one of my favorite songs to listen to especially recently.

The song itself is not present but I transcribed the lyrics because of how wonderful they are.

She is a a very talented singer songwriter and one of the more interesting writers I have come across.

You can hear her music online at

www.myspace.com/miniaturesoap