smashing rocks
together in the rain
I put my ear
to the tender mud
grinding teeth
as if flint
for a dream's fire
at three
in the sleepless fog
I've forgotten it all--
I dread to know it anyway
Searching in circles
for circus values
while the will
of the wilds
howls at the moon
haunting the walls
that hide my harvest
my mother says
to let that spirit out
I'll try mom
I'll give it everything I've got
We're just as wild
as the blurry green undergrowth
we've hewn the asphalt through
at dead man's page
you can still smell the ink of
emotions premature
as memory fades
smashing rocks
together in the pouring rain
heavy muddled fear
is hanging around my neck
but I smile
'cause I've got two wings on my back
they're feathered with
the graces of all that've loved me
I owe it to them
to let this spirit out
yeah, maybe light don't go faster in the dark
but it sure is brighter.
credits
from This Is You At Your Best,
track released March 6, 2012
CW - Guitars, Vocals, Synthesizer
David Bolema - E-Piano
Fiona Dickinson - Backing Vocals
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