oh clara 5.20.25 (4:52 pm / 16:52)
oh clara bow
oh clara of the spotlights
oh clara of the silent tears
oh clara only remembered in black and white
clara who could cry on camera
just by thinking of when you were younger
clara underpaid and overworked
by hollywood
oh clara i feel like i might know you
oh clara of seeing in only gray and black and white
oh clara who were you
oh clara were you ever seen?
did you ever have a chance,
to see this world for yourself
or were you always looking through
an invisible girl’s eyes
oh clara of happiness and hope
oh clara of falling
clara of going crazy,
i see you
oh clara i understand
clara of being abandoned,
you’ll never know
i can wish a thousand times but you’ll never know
what a change you made
you’re the greatest thing we’ve lost
oh clara
clara clara clara of the light
clara of pretending,
open the door
come out, clara
come here and let me hold you
[playing: clara bow by taylor swift]
for all the girls who were seen but not seen, for all the women taken advantage of by the entertainment, theatre, or music industries, for all the girls exploited abused or taken advantage of by male peers and coworkers and managers and for every clara bow past and present and future
for taylor swift, who wrote the song clara bow
and of course for clara, if only you knew