Sylvia

This is a tribute to a woman I admire greatly, Sylvia Plath.

Sylvia

Shining in the mire
"Bright as a Nazi lampshade"
She'll burn out, like a bright fire
Never enough if not top grade

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can

Lazarus rises to fall again
Mind child screams
She pours a river of human pain
All the droplets are her dreams

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can

Child's gone, was never here
All that was here is gone
And now mother lives in fear
Of them knowing what she longs

Sylvia, take the pills
Sylvia, clean up the spills
Sylvia, write of that man
Sylvia, put your head in a can