Found Poems

In the spirit of The Teacher Formerly Known As Ms. H, I decided to write a found poem (two, rather) compiling all of my favorite Ingrid Michaelson songs. Here they are:

MOVING ON

I want to change the world.
Instead, I sleep.
I want to believe in more than you and me.

But all that I know is I'm breathing,
All I can do is keep breathing.

I woke up this morning with a funny taste in my head
Spackled some butter over my whole grain bread
Something tastes different, maybe it's my tongue
Something tastes different, suddenly I'm not so young

Have you ever thought about what protects our hearts?
Just a cage of rib bones and other various parts.
So it's fairly simple to cut right through the mess,
And to stop the muscle that makes us confess.

We are so fragile,
And our cracking bones make noise,
And we are just
Breakable girls and boys

We don't say a word
There's nothing to say that hasn't been heard.

When I would play my song
You used to sing along.
I always seem to forget
How fragile are the very strong.
I'm sorry I can't steal you,
I'm sorry you can't stay.
So I put a band-aid on my heart
And watch you fly away.

Oh what a day is today,
Nothing can stand in my way.
Now that you've shipped out from under my skin,
I think I'm ready to win.

Oh what a night is tonight
I think I'm ready to fight.
Now that my broken bones all have been healed,
I think I'm starting to feel

Something good.
Now that you're gone, I can roll on to
Something good

*****

LOVE SONG

I could write my name by the age of three
and I don't need anyone to cut my meat for me.
I'm a big girl now, see my big girl shoes?

But as strong as I seem to think I am, my distressing damsel
Comes out at night when the moon's filled up
And your eyes are bright.
Then I think I simply ought to fall overboard
So you can catch me.

But

What if we stop having a ball?
What if the paint chips from the wall?
What if there's always cups in the sink?
What if I'm not what you think I am?

What if I fall further than you?
What if you dream of somebody new?
What if I never let you win, chase you with a rolling pin?
Well, what if I do?

What it your eyes close before mine?
What if you lose yourself sometimes?
Then I'll be the one to find you.

I call you my friend
And that’s all that I do.
Why do I have to pretend
To find ways to be around you?

I think I'm losing my mind
I've been hopelessly blind to your beauty
And you have a sweet sinful smile,
I'm in trouble
’Cause you turn me upside down and around and around.

Do you feel what I feel? Well?
Do you feel this way too?
That every wound seems to heal
When I’m around you.

My feet don't touch the ground
When I'm around you.

Don't you worry there my honey,
We might not have any money
But we've got our love to pay the bills.

Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France.
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance.
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I.

I will sing you morning lullabies
You are beautiful, and peaceful this way.

Close your eyes
And I will sing you
Morning lullabies.