Maria

Okay here’s the scenario. It’s July 7^th, on the 2011^th year, at roughly 2 AM.

I decided to put my mp3 player on shuffle and flip through songs at random until the dates all matched up. Then I selected snippets of text from each song and created a poem from a jumble of lyrics. I am leaving it up to fate to tell me what I need to discover for today. Let’s see how this thing turned out, shall we?

Songs:
(After 7 songs) “Taste” – Animal Collective [lyrics] [song]
(7 songs later) “For No One” – The Beatles [lyrics] [song]
(11 songs later) “Maria” – Still Remains [lyrics] [song]
(2 songs later) “Hello Seattle” – Owl City [lyrics] [song]

                                                              

Maria:

Your day breaks when she wakes up
in a living room filled with arts and crafts,
and no longer needs you.

Throwing beams of bright lights,
red in the morning, blue
in the evening sun.

She takes her time and doesn't feel
she has to hurry.

But what I really want is a
simple place to fall asleep.
The place where my friend and me
were having laughs,
rolling in the evening breeze.

***

She says that long ago she knew someone
but now he's gone.
But me, I called and called and
never heard from her again.
I'll keep an open mind if you let me in.

You stay home, she goes out.
I told you to stay here
in the hills and highlands
through the rain and open wind.

I told you to struggle to keep your life,
beneath the blue waves.

***

All I want to know
is how they broke you…
And maybe you would have more luck
playing those tasty games when I fall asleep.

Am I really all the things
that are outside of me?
I sing about the tide and the ocean surf,
and something in my heart tells me it's a weakness.

Your mind aches.
You won't forget her.
Maria.