Seamstress

We walked up the hill And Well I fell down really funny from the sled And we sledded Your blood runs rivers through my body My whole life I've been swimming upstream Onward I've drifted unbalanced Where you step foot Your hands unclean I am embroidered in your likeness I am of patchwork and of pleats You cut your finger on a needle Yet I'm the one that bleeds I've hemmed all my trauma so it doesn't drag on the ground Oh at least I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know This is the burden that we carry A mark that we forever share It is my oldest Scarlett letter And I hope that we both fair well I have been lost to you forgotten Oh and I linger for you still There's nothing like a mother and her child An unwavering hunger to reconcile But oh silly me babe Oh silly me Mmm I thought that you'd be waiting Anticipating The day you'd meet me At least I know now At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know now I know At least now I know