Greenfield-Sometimes I Say Yes, Sometimes I Say No

Sometimes I Say Yes, Sometimes I Say No

Tell me you believe me when I say follow your dreams
Don’t go out the window when you could open a door
Listen to the whispers or they turn themselves to screams

Step outside and feel me beneath the moonlight gleams
You’ll say that we still have so much yet to explore
Tell me you believe me when I say follow your dreams

The story of our journey’s written down our heartbreak seams
We try to pull away, box it up and lock the drawer
Listen to the whispers or they turn themselves to screams

The wise ones always tell us love alone is what redeems
Our angels bring us back each time to even out the score
Tell me you believe me when I say follow your dreams

Not every part of passion’s quite the glory that it seems
To gather broken pieces after crashing is a chore
Listen to the whispers or they turn themselves to screams

Chart with me the river, merging of our two souls’ streams
Why hide our desire or deny that we want more
Tell me you believe me when I say follow your dreams
Listen to the whispers or they turn themselves to screams

CAROLE GREENFIELD
grew up in Colombia and lives and teaches in New England. Her work has appeared in Red Dancefloor, The Sow’s Ear, Beltway Poetry Quarterly and Glacial Hills Review, among others.

Sometimes I Say Yes, Sometimes I Say No​

Sometimes I Say Yes, Sometimes I Say No