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The Task

from Mnemonics by Rachel Ziolkowski

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Watch the light fade; watch the day pass.
Look, the sky’s a deeper shade of what I thought I’d never ask.
Watch me leave you like you left me,
Retribution’s not as sweet as everyone said it would be.

Watch your mouth, please, you know how I feel.
Those words, you don’t need- if you want to speak, say something real.
Watch us sink back into that awful routine:
Each pretend the other’s fine, their vitals, strong, the lungs, pristine.

I packed you in a box and stored you under my bed, but
Your words kept sneaking out and crawling into my head, if
I had a stronger lock, then maybe you’d still be dead, but
You’re breathing, you’re breathing.

Watch the shadows, they’ll show you secrets.
Everyone knows in the light is where we hide regrets.
Watch the trees shift with the river,
Maybe if you love her then you don’t have to forgive her.

I packed you in a box and stored you under my bed, but
Your words kept sneaking out and crawling into my head, if
I had a stronger lock, then maybe you’d still be dead, but
You’re breathing, you’re breathing.

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from Mnemonics, released February 14, 2014

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Rachel is a singer-songwriter, composer, and music educator in Wisconsin.

Her free time is often spent knitting or doing calligraphy.

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