Elephant Heart

The girl with the elephant heart
Cries tears like water balloons
Clenched fists into beads at the ends of her reach
Fingertips buried like leaves

The girl with the railroad spine
Bears it all tall every day
Locked eyes on the he that's holding the leash
Burning with all that she sees

The girl with the honeydew cheeks
Slides inside small and unseen
Among the asleep and unseeing she grins and she beams
Doll-posed just pretty as can be

This girl belongs on Mars, you see
This girl is not like you and me
A miracle of modern mutability
This girl was all she could be

The girl with the wolverine mind
Fights still to remember what's said
Blinks away doubts and the easy ways out
Hurting as much as she needs

The girl with the timpani feet
Bounces to music she makes 
Tastes sweet in her throat with every pure note
Prays aloud in the songs that she breathes

The girl with the warm water hands
Flows around what she cannot change
But she'll hold on grim to pull you in
In where it's safe, in where you'll never leave

This girl belongs on Mars, you see
this girl is not like you and me
A miracle of modern mutability
this girl is all she can be

The girl with the grape gumdrop lips	 
Whispering please let this be the one  
Then kisses them away both blessing and betray 
Speaks everything and often and free

The girl with the sunflower eyes
Sees beneath the surface you shine
Sees right where you hide the best half of your sides
Opens like a spring greening tree

The girl with the fuzzy robe smile 
Warm to touch like sun-baking skin
She believed and she stayed while her blessing delayed
She's earned it, all finally

This girl belongs on Mars, you see
this girl is not like you and me
A miracle of modern mutability
this girl will be

The girl with the elephant heart
Wrap her up to melt into me
Fingers flutter by and into my hands...   
This girl, the woman of my dreams