coming in closer
and i don’t remember
what the world looked like
when i backed up to see
if you heard me
when i said what
i liked
a voice keeps reaching
my ears are listening
and i can’t remember what it felt like
when i told you stories
you used to remind me
of later in the
interim
woman
have mercy
your words have a kind of touch
my mind is reeling
my heart is feeling
and you just sighed
looking directly
into my eyes
please, don’t cry
(chorus)
ask me for attention
well, i’ll give it to ya
call me when you’re worried
i’ll listen to ya
Came upon these
open flat plains
and they took
me back to better days
of easy love
and simple things
that sun went down
my eyes looked up
and i could recall all
the good things in my life
sometimes i’m so happy
drifting me away until
i can’t feel my face
where were the tears
that broke my heart yesterday?
and i can’t find my sadness
these days
but i know i didn’t give it away
lean back
try to lean into it
sometimes feel
out of my mind
will i make it out
of all that is old and new?
lightning is shooting across my eyes
and the ground is moving
where will i fly?
“Do you not fear me?” he asked
and I did
I feared him so much
with awe and respect
that I bent my knees to him
if i could have said anything
it would have been to
“push, say it, be brave.
don’t let the moment pass us by.
do not hesitate.”
when you saw me
and you wondered
you should have thought
yes she wants me to
even when you didn’t know
tell me
how to love you
and i’ll meet you
right where you need me to
show me
what is okay
what is exactly
the amount i can do
i will laugh out loud into the universe
pray on my knees to My God
lay my words upon His feet
ask him to make a diamond out of me
there’s nothing left for anyone
that carried or held or loved
so much investment of my heart
and here it lays full of dust