EULALIA (Yoolaylia)

The first time I saw the sky
I was in my mothers arms
It filled my eyes
With a blanket of blue          
Strange faces staring down at me 
planting seeds deep in my history


Eulalia
ghost of my grandmother
I held her fingers 
with a vice-like newborn grip


Warm breath close to my skin
Voices laughing low
planning my future 
in the dusty twilight glow
Every heart I would break
every heart that would break mine
every mortal wound
that would not heal in time 

Eulalia
ghost of my grandmother
I held her fingers 
with my vice-like newborn grip
Eulalia
ghost of my grandmother
I held her fingers 
with my vice-like newborn grip

This fragile life no one talks about
Cracking the ice from my eyes
burning my lungs 
walking the streets             
in my fathers shoes
singing songs 
perched on my mothers tongue

Eulalia
ghost of my grandmother
I held her fingers 
with my vice-like newborn grip

Eulalia
ghost of my grandmother
I held her fingers 
with my vice-like newborn grip