Pearl

from Artifacts by Elena Karpoff

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I forgot all the things she used to say
Can’t remember why she wanted it to be this way
Fell for someone other than myself
Who am I to tell her she can’t love anyone else?

Thousands of years go by and I never left your side
You would always come back to me, I thought that was implied
But then you gave yourself away because of him
Is this some kind of way to rub it in?
I didn’t win…

But sometimes he sounds the way that you did
He asks me so many questions and the answers are all I forbid
Was it fair to love me the way his father loved you?
I’m running out of things to say and do

When you left this world the skies turned into black
The trees lost all their petals and the eeriness came back
A harmless face looks up to me so I carry on, somehow
If you could see me through his eyes, what would you think of me now?

‘Cause sometimes he sounds the way that you did
He asks me so many questions and the answers are all I forbid
Was it fair to love me the way his father loved you?
I’m running out of things to say,
I’m running out of things to do.

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from Artifacts, released May 4, 2019

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