"Only For A While" (Colette's Song)

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I KNOW HOW THIS LOOKS...
MY HUSBAND LOCKS ME IN A ROOM TO WRITE HIS BOOKS,
BUT I REALLY DON'T MIND AT ALL.
IMAGINATION LOVES A PEN,
AND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS,
LIFE BEGINS AGAIN.

THE ENTRY CLOSES - I'M SAFE BEHIND
WITH BOUNDLESS TIME TO TOUR THE WORLD INSIDE MY MIND,
A SMALL SALVATION IN EVERY WORD THAT I FIND,
AND I'M DREAMING,
IF ONLY FOR A WHILE.

THEN MORE WORDS BLOSSUM, JUST LIKE A TREE,
WORDS TO SING HOW GOLD THE SUN, HOW BLUE THE SEA.
THEY COME IN RIPPLES WHEN I'M MOST LONELY AND FREE,
AND I'M SOARING,
IF ONLY FOR A WHILE.

A MARRIED GIRL
IS RESTLESS STILL.
SHE HAS AN ACHE
NO LOVE CAN FILL.
WHO NEEDS TO LEAVE THIS LITTLE CHAIR
TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD OUT THERE?

I DON'T NEED PARTIES OR WORLD ACCLAIM.
I DON'T NEED COVERS FAR AND WIDE TO BEAR MY NAME.
I FORM THEIR CONTENTS, AND SO THE REST'S ALL THE SAME.
I'M SOMEONE,
IF ONLY FOR AWHILE.

(Writing)
“Definitely, there is something wrong with our married life. Renaud knows nothing about it yet...To him pleasure is something lenient and facile, whereas it plunges me into a mysterious despair that I seek and also fear...I hoped so ardently that Renaud’s will would curb mine, that his tenacity would eventually overcome my fits of rebellion...Are you to remain your own mistress forever, Claudine?”

HAVE YOU READ
THE CLASSICS YET -
DUMAS, FLAUBERT,
MOLIERE, COLETTE?
WHO NEEDS TO SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS
TO DREAM UP FAIRY TALES LIKE THESE?

HE WILL RETURN SOON, UNLOCK THE DOOR,
AND I'LL RETURN TO LIVE THE LIFE I HAD BEFORE
WHERE PEOPLE SEE ME AND NEVER GUESS THAT THERE'S MORE,
BUT I'LL BE QUIET,
I'LL BE CAREFUL,
I'LL BE CONTAINED,
IF ONLY FOR A WHILE.

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