Wicked Good

I am over the rainbow. I've been invited to see Wicked tomorrow night here in Milwaukee. In preparation, I've had the soundtrack plugged into my ears for the last few days. Such an amazing story of two strong women, two diversely yet equally powerful, uniquely bonded personalities. As I've listened to the music, certain verses from various songs are speaking to me.  I've compiled them here and added one word on the end.

Consider this Wicked me, Wicked good.

Ev'ry so often we long to steal

To the land of what-might-have-been

But that doesn't soften the ache we feel

When reality sets back in

Too long I've been afraid

of losing love I guess I've lost,

It comes at much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy, defying gravity

Kiss me goodbye, I'm defying gravity

And you can't pull me down

Don't wish, don't start

Wishing only wounds the heart

I wasn't born for the rose and pearl

There's a girl I know

But I don't want it

No, I can't want it anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit

as it passes the sun

Like a stream that meets a boulder

halfway through the wood

As someone told me lately:

Ev'ryone deserves the chance to fly

And if I'm flying solo

At least I'm flying free

To those who'd ground me

Take a message back from me

Tell them how I am

Defying gravity.

And nobody in all of Oz

No wizard that there is or was

Is ever gonna bring me down.

It well may be that

we will never meet again in this lifetime

So let me say before we part

So much of me

Is made of what I learned from you

You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart

And now whatever way our stories end

I know you have re-written mine

By being my friend

Hands touch, eyes meet

Sudden silence, sudden heat

Hearts leap in a giddy whirl

He could be that boy

But I'm not that girl

Anymore.