She Was (à la chapelle) - Camille

When she was home

She was a swan

When she was out she was a tiger

And a tiger in the wild is not tied to anyone

When she was lost

She was a toad

The day I found her on the road

I gave her water and a rose

And as she stretched

The sun rose

Go

Go

Go away

When she was young

She was a cow

And all day long

She milked the stars

She taught me

Women to survive

Must be unfaithful to their child

Of all the wonders of the world

She was a lady with a bird

She must have had so many lives

Was it the first?

Was it the last?

Go

Go

Go away

When she was ill

She was a whale

She was so patient she would wait

Until I sang her by the lane

The sweetest tunes to ease her pain

When she was old

She was an owl

I saw her swaying in the sky

And when she died inside my arms

I realised she was a cat

Go

Go

Go away

Sometimes I wonder

If my child

Will have her eyes

To see through me

And when I die

And I am born again

What will I be

A cat?

A stone?

A tree?