I Don't Own Spin

CRY OPHELIA BY ADAM COHEN


Something went wrong
You are not laughing
It's not so easy now to get your smile
You gotta be wrong
To walk these streets
And keep from falling
But when you're not, just let yourself cry

Skittery walked towards the shadowy figure.

"Spin?" he whispered "Is that you?"

Spin quickly whiped the tears from under her eyes and smiled.

"Yeah, Its me Skits"

Skittery knew Spin had been crying. His girlfriend was tough, he had
nver seen her cry, but he had heard her. AT night while the Lodging
House was sleeping, he heard tears coming from Spin's bunk.

You've been working hard
Just trying to pay the rent
Tryin' to draw the line between who you are
and who you invent
But if you throw a stone
Something's gonna shatter somewhere
We're all so fragile
We're all so scared

Spin could feel her harden exterior on the verge of tearing apart
everytime Skittery was around.

"Are ya allright?" he asked pushing a curl behind her ear.

"Yes...No" she stammered "I don't know"

Spin thought about her past. All the boys who had destroyed her self
esteem, all the boys who had made her feel insignificant. THe Boys
that had taught her lessons and had strengthened her.

You say you wanna learn how to live your life
without tears
But we've been trying to do that for thousands of years
So go on and cry Ophelia
It's the only thing to do sometimes
You know I'm crying too
Right there with you
It's alright Ophelia
Everybody cries

"God, I hate cryin" whispered Spin.

"Its okay Spin" whispered Skittery "Everyone cries"

"Not me"

Thank god for my bad memory
I've forgotten some of the stupid things
that I've done
I've come to a little wisdom
through a whole lot of failure
So I watch more carefully what rolls off my tongue

Skittery wondered what had happened to her, he wanted to ask,but
knew better.

Spin leaned into his strong shoulder and sighed contently. She
didn't know how it had happened but she had fallen crazy in love
with him.

You pray for rain
But you don't want it from a storm
You find a rose
And cut your finger on a thorn
So go on and cry Ophelia
It's the only thing to do sometimes
You know I'm crying too
Right there with you
It's alright Ophelia
Everybody cries Ophelia

"I love ya Spin" said skittery "Ya know dat. It breaks mah heart ta
see ya cry. It make me cry"

"I love ya too, ya big dolt" said Spin kissing him hard...