Marble Floor

A song in Hannah’s voice, by Alicia Jo Rabins/Girls in Trouble

I opened my mouth but no words came
I lay down to sleep but I did not dream
I looked up at the stars but the sky was dark like a mirror held up to my heart

A B C, D E F
Take away this alphabet it’s heavy on my tongue

You can want a thing so bad it seems
That you lose yourself and everybody else
So I got down on my knees on the marble floor And I cried until my throat was sore

A B C D, E F G
Tell me what you want from me I’ll do it all I swear

I was not drunk, I was awake
I could not open so I had to break to let the light come in

A B C D, E F G
Take this alphabet from me it’s heavy on my tongue

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Marble Floor." (Viewed on November 30, 2024) <https://jwa.org/node/22477>.