emily reminds me

David Campbell

careful don’t sweep up your feet.

i might lose you for good in the vacuum bag.

you really mean a lot to me,

though i don’t think i’ve met you yet.

i must say goodbye. it’s raining outside and the puddles come up

to my knees.

emily reminds me of how we all once were

before our hearts were frozen by the cold wind.

now we walk in a blur.

we have forgotten.

we must relearn.

you have to be gentle with me.

i’m a little girl with a pink book-bag.

this place is new to me.

i’m an old soul in a young body.

daddy says you’re a peasant

but i don’t know what that means.

yeah they call you a peasant but to me you are a king.

emily reminds me of how we all once were

before our hearts were frozen by the cold wind.

now we walk in a blur.

emily reminds me of how we all once were

before our hearts got tangled up

in the war we fight to win our pride and worth.

we have forgotten. we must relearn.

you have forgotten. you must relearn.

i have forgotten. i must relearn.

David Campbell writes songs in the styles of folk-rock, pop, and country with thoughtful lyricism and a distinct voice. He performs and records his music under the name Lovely Houses. His song, “emily reminds me,” whose lyrics appear here in the Tipton Poetry Journal as a poem, is on his debut album, Dragon Feet available online at http://cdbaby.com/cd/lovelyhouses.

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