Soft Poetry

[Verse] Writing down my thoughts Annotates anxiety In a special way Stories come to life Faster than I can perceive In a quiet breath [Pre-Chorus] I feel the lights Drawing on me Letting me be What none may see… Under my skin Burning within Soft poetry [Chorus] Am I not pretty? Can you not see it? My portrait in sound Can you not hear it? Should I try harder? Cry like I mean it? Let these bleeding notes… Color my spirit [Verse 2] I offer my truth In melodic poetry That no one will read A song made for you Capturing a rhyming scheme In a minor key (mmmm) [Pre-Chorus] That’s when the light Falls into place Darkness erased Staining my face… Closing my eyes New thoughts arise Of soft poetry... Soft poetry… [Chorus] Am I not pretty? Can you not see it? My portrait in sound Can you not hear it? It’s getting harder To trust my vision Can these bleeding notes… Color my spirit? [Bridge] Maybe if I stop Trying to address myself I can find a way A way to relieve A mind slipping endlessly In soft poetry [Interlude] Mmmm mmmm Mmmm mmmm Mmmm mmmm Mmmm mmmm [Final Chorus, subdued instrumentals, minimalist piano] I don’t feel pretty Where you can see me My song may waver When you can hear me I scream much louder On a written page With these bleeding notes… Punctuating me Punctuating me Like soft poetry