Blue

In the hum of time you stand Frozen like a stopped clock's hands Wrapped in the things you wear for comfort Only your eyes show your terror Your chalky skin is thick but frail Like Egyptian paper And pent blood deafens your brain 'Til you think you've let the outside world in And you're like a star in the heaven That's cold, bright and beautiful And just like a star in the heaven You're unreachable You imagine yourself a statue To be looked at with a price Around your neck to say how much you're worth And how you mustn't be touched But you're made of flesh and yearnings Like all the rest of us around you No statue ever cried like you When your mother weaned you And you're like a star in the heaven That's cold, bright and beautiful And just like a star in the heaven You're unreachable