Irene

In the desert you either dry up or drown

Just like the small town you never left 

The hope you lost and never found

Someone told me you wear sunglasses to cover the bruises

They say you beg him to stay

But I know you - you’d never choose this 

Irene come outside

It’s been years, you’ve stayed quiet

Irene say something 

Say anything at all  

Every spring I’d see you smiling, in your garden

You looked so happy, I never knew

What happened, what’d he do to you?

Once we were smaller with bigger dreams 

Once our paper airplanes

had real wings 

Irene come outside

It’s been years, you’ve stayed quiet

Irene say something 

Say anything at all  

Irene come outside

It’s been years, you’ve stayed quiet

Irene go on get what you need

Love yourself enough to leave