vienna teng
the tower
the one who survives by making the lives
of others worthwhile
she"s coming apart
right before my eyes
the one who depends on the services she renders
to those who come knocking
she"s seeing too clearly what she can"t be
what understanding defies
she says I need not to need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won"t let go
I need not to need
I"ve always been the tower
but now I feel like I"m the flowers trying to bloom in snow
she turns out the light anticipating night falling tenderly around her
and watches the dusk
the words won"t come
she carries the act so convincingly the fact is
sometimes she believes it
that she can be happy the way things are
be happy with the things she"s done
she says I need not to need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to
