Breaking Bright

How do the stars stay
Standing
To the blue
Day by day
You say renew
Vast veil
Daylight declined
Now stars fade
Now earth’s shade
Unwind

Infinite sorrow
On a point of pale light
Disjointed tomorrow
But you’re breaking bright

Sorting the sunrise
Not overdue
The fog lifts
The night shifts
For you
Unfailing
The future I find
Not replayed
But remade
Outshined

Infinite sorrow
On a point of pale light
Disjointed tomorrow
But you’re breaking bright
Hallowed or hollow
Only One overwrite
Fight, flight, or follow
You’re breaking bright



How It Goes

In the morning
Outside my mother
The both of us exposed
Slow twisting rose
Unfolded its fist
I suppose I should’ve known then
How it goes

Drops of glass
Leaping throat
Delicate petals briefly hold
Guards retreat
Three hearts beat
For a breath
The eyes gold

The moment the metal
Door swings open
We see I Am
Before we close
His song Here
His song Now
The song True Love composed
The only song he knows

Drops of glass
Leaping throat
Delicate petals briefly hold
Guards retreat
Three hearts beat
For a breath
The eyes gold


Palm of My Hand

The days don’t amount to much of nothing
Still the morning pulses through my blood
Now we’ve all grown accustomed to reflection
The sun, the moon, the raven in the flood

I don’t see the mountain I’m suspended on
My little dove, you fly but there’s no land
While I sit and wait until the water’s gone
You can rest your wings in the palm of my hand

Considered that the loss is just idea
I could make an enemy of ground
Or I could feel the sorrow in the sunlight
And despair when you stop coming ‘round

I don’t see the mountain I’m suspended on
My little dove, you fly but there’s no land
While I sit and wait until the water’s gone
You can rest your wings in the palm of my hand

Too much time for thinking
Worry only grows
Why this ship ain’t sinking
Heaven only knows

I don’t see the mountain I’m suspended on
My little dove, you fly but there’s no land
While I sit and wait until the water’s gone
You can rest your wings in the palm of my hand

Midnight in Rewind

Wasting hours, midnight in rewind Slides through the wire, unfolding what she finds
One eye on the lion, one eye on the time
Rain for miles, cutting through the blind
Back lit and broken, searching for the sun
Speaking out of turn, trying to be someone
One hand in the water, one hand on the stone
Spirit of my daughter, marrow in the bone

If you don't know my name I'm no one
Forever out of frame
I'm no one

My golden comfort- idol of retreat
Resting in worry, shifting at her feet
One arm through the iron
One around the cast
Waiting king, Zion, future present past

If you don't know my name
I'm no one
If you don't stay the same
I'm no one

Turning, all suspended in the sun
You are
I'm no one