My World Untamed

This is originally from the musical adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are that I helped write in 2001-2002.


Where the Wild Things Are

My World Untamed
Lyrics by Melissa Alvarez


I’m stuck here in my room
With nothin’ to do an’ nowhere to go
now…if only an idea would bloom…
That’s it! Let my thoughts grow!

(To self)
Let this be my world untamed…

In a far-off place I can go
Where I can dance showered in moonbeams
To a place that only I know
Away from here, away from her…beyond my dreams

Yes! Let thoughts run wild. No limits, no fences, no walls!
Let the vines creep and hang; Let the trees root and tower
Let wild grass take over; let it all be filled with stuff that crawls!
Let all kneel and cower…
All of this in my world untamed.

Here in my room, no my world…
Let an ocean swell, let the birds fly high
Freedom and beauty unfurled
All of it possible if only you’ll try…
In my world untamed.

Now I know…
That’s where I’ll be.
That’s where I’ll go…
I’ll be free.
I’m my world untamed.

Mirror Mirror. 2.5.09

Sliver gleaming
The eyes
Looking back at me
The face
So like mine
A shell
Of what once was
She mimics my movement
The strokes
One
Two three
Four
Five
Of brushing
The graying hair
She puts the brush down
And peers deeper
Beyond
The cracks
And canyons
Understanding
My surprise
My sorrow
Of realization
We acknowledge
Eachother
In silent
Nods
She is all that remains
Reminding me
Of what I once was
And what I am
Now.