WAKE UP TO THE PAST

IT WAS ONLY NOW THAT SHE REALIZED THAT BEFORE SAID HER HEART HAD BEEN DORMANT

OF COURSE SHE TOLD SAID SHE WASN'T ASLEEP

EXECUTIVE SUMMERY

IT WASN'T SAID, IT WAS SOMEONE COMPLETELY UNKNOWN TO HER

ANOTHER SECRET SHE KNEW SHE WOULD KEEP

IT LASTED SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, MAYBE EVEN TEN

AN UNEXPECTED ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS

SHE WAS WATCHING SAID WATCHING THE WAVES

WITH THE TRAIN TICKET IN HER HAND

AND THE MOONSHINE FOLLOWED HER

ALL SHE SAW WAS THE VIBRATING LIGHTS OF THE SCREEN FILLING THE OTHER ROOM

SHE WAITED FOR THE ALARM TO GO OFF AND THEN SHE GOT UP

THE KIND OF LIPSTICK SHE WAS TOLD TO USE

WHATEVER HER INITIAL GUT FEELINGS WERE ON MONDAY

STANDING ON A CHAIR SHE HID THE EARRINGS BEHIND THE BOOKS ON THE TOP SHELF

ON EARTH EVERYTHING COMES FROM THE EAST AND IS HEADING TOWARDS THE WEST

A SOLDIER FOUND HER GLOVE

SHE'S KNOWN HOW TO TIE A TIE FOR AS LONG AS SHE CAN REMEMBER

WITHOUT OPENING THE WATER SHE JUST STOOD THERE IN THE SHOWER FOR A WHILE

SPELLED "SAID", PRONOUNCED "SAH-ID"