Just like way back when
Long time ago
As a 5 year old girl
Wearing black patent leather Mary-Jane’s
She’s managed to look straight ahead
Her body is there
Her mind elsewhere
Her heart keeps beating
Keeping track of the time
She counts
Keeping everything
Separate
In little boxes
Categories
Placed just so
In certain ways
Best way she knows how
Separate
She got so used to
Living that way
Her body here
Her mind elsewhere
Her heart beating
Keeping track of time
As she’s counting
Everything
Separate
But now she’s all grown up
Wearing cowboy boots
Instead of Mary Jane’s
And she doesn’t talk much
About way back then
Long time gone
But every once in awhile
She gets a reminder
Flashback
Suddenly
That throws her off balance
Just enough
To make her
Separate
Her body here
Her mind elsewhere
Her heart beating
Keeping track
Until she can finally
Put everything back
Just so
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