the charlotte street gypsies
i would never pin you down
but i feel like
if
i ever get to hold you
sister
i will never let you go
(again).
distance is nothing
when love runs this deep
distance is everything when
it’s you i can’t keep
i’d sever my limbs that
they might remain
wrapped around
the curves of your body
fingers interlaced
like criss-cross strings of a corset
so tight
holding your insides
in my palms
in their place
kites were made to dance upon the breeze
waves that kiss the shore roll back into the sea
these used to be
the places where we danced
these city streets
are no place
for gypsy feet.
so when the wind comes to call
(she beckons without relent)
i long for sisterhood
and saltwater air
six-string guitars and tarot cards
coffee mugs filled
with cheap cabernet.
empty bottles all around us
covered in wax
illuminating the rooms
in which we once sat
perched in our treehouse
where goddesses reigned
the charlotte street gypsies
when we were leashed
to the wind
and unchained.
________________________________________________
christina julianna
june 10th, 2011.
i would never pin you down
but i feel like
if
i ever get to hold you
sister
i will never let you go
(again).
distance is nothing
when love runs this deep
distance is everything when
it’s you i can’t keep
i’d sever my limbs that
they might remain
wrapped around
the curves of your body
fingers interlaced
like criss-cross strings of a corset
so tight
holding your insides
in my palms
in their place
kites were made to dance upon the breeze
waves that kiss the shore roll back into the sea
these used to be
the places where we danced
these city streets
are no place
for gypsy feet.
so when the wind comes to call
(she beckons without relent)
i long for sisterhood
and saltwater air
six-string guitars and tarot cards
coffee mugs filled
with cheap cabernet.
empty bottles all around us
covered in wax
illuminating the rooms
in which we once sat
perched in our treehouse
where goddesses reigned
the charlotte street gypsies
when we were leashed
to the wind
and unchained.
________________________________________________
christina julianna
june 10th, 2011.