Orange - Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

I saw the movie For Colored Girls yesterday and to say the least I was inspired!  I decided I'm going to try to write a poem inspired by or based on each of the 8 colors (main characters) in the movie.  I read the play many moons ago and I loved it then and I love the movie now.  I think Tyler Perry did an amazing job with the content of the play.  There's been a lot of controversy surrounding the remake of this classic piece, BUT, I'm please and was touched by the all star cast and their sincere performances.  It is a must see. And hopefully my poems are a must read.

Here is a lil something I wrote inspired by Tangie (Orange) from Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls.

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Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

So I can pull it back from you when you squeeze too hard

Sometimes I want to put my mind in my heart

So that I can stop the feelings of extreme love

Sometimes I wonder why I hurt

When all I want to do is love

Sometimes I wish the world were on string

And I stood here alone

Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

And dangle it in front of you, taunting your mind

Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

And dance it, slowly, before your eyes

Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

So you think it’s yours to keep

Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

And leave it in the middle of the floor

Sometimes I wish that many men would stand far and wide

And like a tiger devouring flesh, my heart they wanted inside

But since my heart is on a string

It’s controlled by mine two hands

I’ll let you know if you can touch it

Or if you leave it where it stands

Sometimes I wish I had control over all things

But then my mind would explode

Sometimes I wish I knew now what I knew then

The past yet to unfold

Most times I wear my heart on a string

Dangling behind me as I stroll

The last time I wore my heart on a string

My belly, it did swole

But with a bit of bourbon, and a dark room of smoke

My belly did swole no more

I wish I could wear my heart on a string

Drag it too and fro

I wish I could wear my heart on a string

I would never let it go

But since my heart is just a part of me

With each new pain I groan

One day I’ll wear my heart on a string

Before I get too old

Sometimes I want to put my heart on a string

For reasons yet untold

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