there's a mind under this hat

Laura Marling

Photographer: unknown

and I'm clearing all the stuff out of my room

trying desperately to figure out

what it is that makes me blue

and I wrote an epic letter to you

and it's 22 pages front and back

and it's too good to be used

and I tried to be a girl who likes to be used

I'm too good for that

there's a mind under this hat and I

called them all and told them I've got to move

-Laura Marling, Goodbye England (Covered in Snow)

Sometimes I am afraid of becoming lost within my thoughts and never finding my way through the haze. When I am wandering in that world it is uplifting to stumble upon something that accurately reflects my situation, preventing me from becoming incapacitated; a sign that literally signifies where I am. For me, a song, a poem or a passage from a book can act as a lighthouse on the shoreline. Perhaps recognising a part of myself within the words that someone else has written prevents me from feeling isolated. Seeing (or hearing) another person's weakness translated into beautiful art inspires me to do the same. If I reach even one other person through that action in my entire life, it will be worth the paper it is written on.

Lou