Get It Right

GET IT RIGHT (Hanging Askew)

Above my bed hangs a picture frame

I lie awake at night cos it’s not straight 

Every day I rearrange

strategize and I try,

but I can’t seem to get it right.

In that frame there’s a picture of you

smiling at me when I’m hangin’ askew.

And rearranging seems ok

for a moment when I see your face

and maybe some day I’ll get it right.

And Raffael will come around for tea

praise my horizontality

but till that day I’ll hide away

in your arms - that’s the safest place -

and hope I’ve got it in me

to get it right.

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