And when your hair turns earl grey…

emma burden | Spring 2023

And when your hair turns Earl Grey,
I’ll be there waiting for you,
When you beg for my help,
I’ll lay at your feet
Because I can listen,
And I can laugh,
And I can set it all aside

Eighteen years of nothing,
Yet there will be love for the rest of my life,
And there will be hatred,
And resentment piled high,
Because I’m too much like my father,
And you didn’t even try

I’d give up anything
Just to never see you cry
If you asked for lavender plucked from the fields,
I’d carry you to France,
Over the dark ocean,
And I’d console you and close your eyes

When your hair is shorter than it is now,
I will braid it back,
And I will dye it blonde again,

And if I could give you the moon,
I would give you the moon