Manuela Cardiga - Guilty Pleasures and Culinary Treasures

LOVE BY WAY OF LOVING LIES

I wanted to give
Unsparingly of me
I wanted to feel free
To sing, shriek, leap
Handstand on tip-toe
Dance you a joke

I wanted to speak
My truth
My love my hope
I wanted to see
My honesty received
Stumble-mumble-fumbled
As it may be

I wanted to see
What how it would be
To jump on puddles
Cut through muddles
Just be silly clumsy me

Open my mouth
Let my heart out
Knowing it would
Be received
With the same love
That I give.

So I was standing
Eye to eye with you
Speaking my truth
And you said:
“Be careful”
“Be careful
How you speak to me”
And I felt my hope
In truth crumble.

MC