turning towards the past now
burning from the ash of intention
shadows of what i know
turning for the light now
look into the night for direction
watch over me eyes closed
things are worsening
and none of us are passive in it
need to turn to something
that might break our fall this time
groundswell
i. turnto
ii. keysto
stand up for what
i’m sinking
don’t know what i’ve been thinking
need the keys to
delink this
iii. wish
lay it on me
so many chances
why don’t we just start a fight
to make an advancement
i wish this could come out right
something’s holding me
maybe you can see it
caught in plaster
moulding
fasten
i could spend a morning listening to three things
we could let this all roll over with the seasons
i can see the walls all crumble with your reasons
oh
something wasn’t right
saw this other night
thought that this was over
why should i be right
thought that i could show you
that this wouldn’t hold on me but
i don’t know what
i was thinking
i could spend a morning listening to reason
we could let this all go why should i repeat things
we could let the walls all crumble with the seasons
i forget where this started from
but i turned out like you thought i would
and i forget what you thought it was
but we turned out like you saw it should
and i forget what we said it would
but we turned out like we thought it was
and we forget where this started from
but i turned out like you saw i would
iv. will
i wait to see what’s left
your shadow crossed the stair now and you’re gone
i will not be here for too long
retell me how it went
these older rhythms dancing in my blood
there is
no
accidental
love
i will find the feet i will
i will climb beneath i will
i will find a peace i will i will
i will
this morning i was there
your candle colored hair awaits the wind
above this sun reflective skin
v. sunlift
vi. rattleship
i’ve got it under my skin again
this lifting taking a hold on me
as we go rolling and tumbling
i’m falling out of my skin again
this drifting taking its toll on me
as we go rolling and tumbling
why don’t you go melt
somewhere else
i’m stuck listening to my
middle finger cuz it feels just like
wrapping paper
vii. cloudsift
i heard it overhead
harsh, repeating
and when i turned my head
saw her bleeding
i turn, i turn again
from the corner
this war is overhead
under cover
i’ve been blind
i know it
in my life
to all this
sheltered in white
this violence
right before my eyes
you know this
we’ve got no right
to own this
land we occupy is stolen
when are we to
open up our eyes
and notice
our hands denying
chains they’re holding
even while we
say we’re in this fight
we owe this
to those lives
we’ve stolen
turn yourself inside and turn around again
round again and
sifting through these clouds and turn
inside again
turn yourself inside again
viii. waterwhispers
willfully departed listen
how can i abandon all this
living in established basements
hoping not to become something
i could live forever under
tranquil as the softest steamboat
heard but never quite remembered
sink into established systems
sinking on the crest of a wave
water whispers to the ocean
crossing over ancient islands
wash away the pain with violence
staring at the open counter
i can see his hands are shaking
when they boil over tearing
she remains within them faceless
how can i abandon all this
living in this broken building
broken from the cracked foundation
never seen a day without it
signs imprinted on white paper
lies and myths establish systems
then they boil over firing
bullets over generations
willfully departed listen
how can i abandon all this
when they boil over firing
bullets over generations
how can i abandon all this
living through established systems
when they boil over firing
bullets every generation
willfully departed listen
how can i abandon all this
when they boil over firing
bullets over generations
how can i abandon all this
living through established systems
when they boil over firing
bullets every generation
ix. snowmelt
