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Blue Jasmine Flower

from Good Grief! by Bridget Allan

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It’s funny how a death
Can make you think about all the others you’ve experienced
I take the blame
I feel the shame
People say “you were just a kid”
But I should’ve known to go to the visit
Because I didn’t get to see you again

I wish I could go back and shake that young girl and say you’re depressed,
Go now and get help
I didn’t know I was grieving.
I didn’t know the inevitability of death
I didn’t even cry for 3 months
after mom sat me down on the couch
and said Nana has died.

Blue jasmine flowers
I see you in blue jasmine flowers
If you could do anything
You said you’d be a florist
Blue jasmine flowers
I see you in blue jasmine flowers
And lavenders

Oh your dead
Sometimes I can’t get it through my head
You were my second mother
I’d see you multiple times a week
You were unlike any other
With your sass and moxy
But you could swap it and be sweet in an instant

Blue jasmine flowers
I see you in blue jasmine flowers
And pelicans
Elvis Presley
And a hot summer breeze
Is this all that becomes of our loved ones
when they die?
The only way they stay alive is the memories in our mind
And bringing them up in conversations
I feel like they deserve better or compensation
No one asks to die
No one wants to leave their children behind

Blue jasmine flowers
And I see Dad in everything other
It’s not specific yet
I don’t think ill ever forget
The grief I found in my teens

I see Dad in everything
And for you, it’s blue jasmine flowers
Your warm jumpers in Mum's closet
Christmas t-shirts
And at each family gathering, there is a spare chair for your ghost

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from Good Grief!, released February 10, 2023

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Bridget Allan Melbourne, Australia

Bridget Allan is an indie/jazz-influenced singer-songwriter from the Mornington Peninsula. She is currently studying for a Bachelor of Music at the University of Melbourne, specialising in Jazz & Improvisation. Bridget’s most significant musical influences are Jeff Buckley and Florence + The Machine. ... more

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