So Human

Not a Poem

Hi guys this isn't a poem, or anything I wrote. I just discovered this spoken word written and performed by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye and want to share it. I have written the lyrics below but I am also posting the video above in case you want to listen to it. 

When Love Arrives

[Sarah & Phil]

I knew exactly what love looked like...

In seventh grade

[Sarah]

Even though I hadn't met love yet

If love had wandered into my homeroom

I would have recognized him at first glance

Love wore a hemp necklace

[Phil]

I would have recognized her at first glance

Love wore a tight French braid

[Sarah]

Love played acoustic guitar

And knew all my favorite Beatles songs

[Phil]

Love wasn't afraid to ride the bus with me

[Sarah & Phil]

And I knew

[Sarah]

I just must be searching the wrong classroom

[Phil]

Just must be checking the wrong hallways

She was there, I was sure of it

[Sarah]

If only I could find him

[Sarah & Phil]

But when love finally showed up

[Phil]

She had a bowl cut

[Sarah]

He wore the same clothes every day for a week

[Phil]

Love hated the bus

[Sarah]

Love didn't know anything about the Beatles

[Sarah & Phil]

Instead

[Phil]

Every time I tried to kiss love

[Sarah & Phil]

Our teeth got in the way

[Sarah]

Love became the reason I lied to my parents

[Phil]

"I'm going to... Ben's house"

[Sarah]

Love had terrible rhythm on the dance floor

But made sure we never missed a slow song

[Phil]

Love waited by the phone because she knew if her father picked up it would be

[Sarah (Phil)]