and ever so

You wrap your love tight unseen in christmastree bows
and leave it for the world to find like a path of breadcrumbs to your door
gifts without nametags hung like garlands
ribbons streaming from boughs in whirlwind profusion
fluttering and muttering their secrets
only one day a week

I often wake some velvet mornings
and taste already your name on my lips
thinking of glitterdark eyes and privatejoke smiles
I trace the letters without a sound
and wonder if you hear me just the same

If I reach for some bright gift
will I disturb the paths of origami wings?
my own heart is fierce and I know frightens sometimes
but if I shake eversocarefully one tiny box
and ask it if it's mine
then I might not break its spunglass heart
if I am careful (and ever so)

Mad.

Hello again, and welcome to a slightly more melancholy version of Tunes for Tuesday.

In honor of the upcoming showing of Donnie Darko at the Egyptian Theatre (this Friday and Saturday at midnight), I just had to bring you this cover of the Tears for Fears song, Mad World, as performed by Gary Jules -- a haunting, pretty version of the song for an equally haunting and clever little film.

gary_jules-mad_world.mp3