Texas Came Calling (Baby Will Find You)

[thecrazybeautiful]

So, this is for a certain contest. Inspired a little by a person I know, but mostly by the lyric "And there's just one word that I still believe in and it's love" from the song "Love Boat Captain" by Pearl Jam.

Texas Came Calling (Baby Will Find You)


Baby wants to ride the bus
where you used to sit
and laugh
and look me in the eyes.
He'd like to know
what it was like where you
fell in love with a pretty girl
like me.

You left here
without seeing his face.
I don't think you meant to
but you gave him
your eyes and your smile,
and everything I loved about you.

Baby can see how you left a mark on me
(an x on my heart)
to let the world know where
the treasure of your life always was.
He thinks you were too afraid
to say everything you wanted,
but I told him I'd teach him
how to speak without words
(like you taught me once)
when the time is right.

There's a word I still manage to say
when I think of you
and how we turned out to be;
"love" burns in my throat
but I still shout it out for you.
Baby says he'll tell you someday
"Mother only loved you,
she dies with you fresh in mind."

(Such a thing for a child to say,
such a shame he wont know love like ours.)

You should have known
no state could ever hide you.
He's going to find you one day
- arms around another woman -
and he's going to wish
he could have done something.

Baby wants you to come home.
Says he wants to meet his father.

[stupidxgirl]

I loved it! Especially the title for some reason, that was awesome.

"He thinks you were too afraid
to say everything you wanted,
but I told him I'd teach him
how to speak without words
(like you taught me once)
when the time is right."

The idea of speaking without words is most likely my favorite bit. Great job doll

[Laura]

Yeah you probably already know what I think of this. Actually, I know you know and if you don't - check your damn poem on allpoetry! Haha, kid kid. I like the title as well, it's quite interesting. One of those "that sounds interesting" titles.

[grifter]

i like how it feels like a story, it's very hard for me to write that way, but you do it well here