WHAT IS LOVE
girls, get in line
catch the bug. love's alright
it's waves from the window
as we walk by
boys, love is life
it is yours it is mine
love is endless
love is divine
words my father said to me
girls, love is cheap
it is cool. it's for keeps
until you lose it
or you get lost
boys, love is fine
it may be dumb but that sh**'s not blind
love is precious
but so is time
words my mother said to me
valentine the saint
he fell between the bars that held him
into true love
a tighter cage
for a blind jailkeepers daughter
he took an arrow in the chest
and was beaten bloody
and senseless
boys, eager as static
we pull fire alarms
but rue love cuz it's the ink there
that won't come off
and mother's milk their credit cards
to turn their babes into barbies
we can play with
and then discard
that's all she ever asked of me
so boys, light a candle
cast a shadow of a hook
into the water
and watch them dance
cuz they all want some pisces
when we take bites, we start to bleed
and while that's not wrong, girls
that's not right
it's just all that love was meant to be
das - orrefors, sweden