Blue Bear

i don't think you know this,
but i always brought her bread
before school.

just one slice,
whatever was fresh. 

i always wrapped it in wax paper,
tied it with blue string,

your mom wants to open a swedish pancake house
mine wants her own bakery
what if,
        just what if,
                    maybe,

Jump the school fence tonight
Run until you're out of sight
leave me chasing hopeless in the dark

you said you'd stay for me 
you were never gonna let me go

but now you're gonejust like the rest

i don't know who she is.
she hoards song lyrics
on tiny scraps of paper
and keeps them in a jar
on the top shelf

where no one will ever see themyet the world has
every once in a while
she whispers them aloud