Lavender

She gave me lavender
As an alternative
I didn’t say to her
What I was thinking
I’ve been here longer
Than I was hoping
I’m going crazy feels like I’m losing it all

And we’re in the kitchen again
She’s drinking her coffee
We talk and I pretend
That I can handle anything
But I want to feel like a baby
I could die contently
In her arms of safety
Take the pressure away
To just a baby and her mother
There is nothing stronger
Than something so delicate
Something like lavender

She is overworked
Disgustingly underpaid
And I doubt the children even know her real name
She likes to complain a lot
And it’s fair enough cos’ she never stops
And I bite my lip until it bleeds
'Cause some days it’s even hard to speak
But she still picks me up and saves me every week

And we’re in the kitchen again
She’s drinking her coffee
We talk and I pretend
That I can handle anything
But I want to feel like a baby
I could die contently
In her arms of safety
Take the pressure away
To just a baby and her mother
There is nothing stronger
Than something so delicate
Something like lavender
And we’re in the kitchen again