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Fortress

from Gorgeous Morning by Tanya Davis

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in an attempt to protect myself against the pain from love, I built a fortress disguised as a pop song

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fortress

i built myself up, a tower of nonchalance
for hours and art and self love i sat in and wrote songs
then i let down my drawbridge
when i saw intrigue i said "come on in"
she ransacked my palace, ate my food and was gone again

so i built me an army of words and of chaste conviction
it guarded my heart while it strengthened my mission
and i rearranged my fortress
made love stay out on the porches
and got back to the task of unravelling truth from fiction

every little brick that i use to build this castle with
is gold and black and it attracts the warmth of the sun
and so every ray that hits as i stay here inside of it
brings me more heat than could be surpassed my anyone

all of the knights who promise poems, romance and chivalry
and all of the princesses who say they may fall in love with me
can ride in on gallant horses
my trumpets still will blast their choruses
and i will give them my heart but for myself save more of it

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from Gorgeous Morning, released June 17, 2008

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Tanya Davis Mount Stewart, Prince Edward Island

Tanya Davis is a writer and artist living on Epekwitk / Prince Edward Island. She writes poems, songs, monologues, speeches, and other things.

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