She gets lost on hot walks beneath cherry blossoms Scattering pink kisses on June breezes Pretending she is someone else She stubs out an injured bat like a cigarette and cries About the stain that won’t come out of those brand new shoes But isn’t sorry for the pain she's caused Hasn’t ever been before Why start now she reasons She throws away the instructions that come into her life Before reading them Laughs and seems to manage Anyhow She hates surprises she tells her friends But secretly wishes for them Just the same She walks the longest when the lilacs glisten Beneath the kisses of a midnight rain Her hair pressed into a slick dark cap Falling tears feeding the watery frenzy She walks alone in a private storm Lost in thought ...but never, ever forgetting She's just pretending by Sheryl McCurdy |
| SHE'S JUST PRETENDING |
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