I.
All of life
In goldfish eyes
As we lie
Inside of time --
Bubbling --
Letting pass
Every meaning
Because we need to
Make more
All of life
In goldfish eyes
As we lie
Inside of time --
Bubbling --
Letting pass
Every meaning
Because we need to
Make more
My one job:
When the kettle boils
Turn the stove off
When the kettle boils
Turn the stove off
II.
No one knows how bad it is --
This gift --
Which makes it easier to let go
The many faces of grief --
So that a greater gift, a more
Paralyzing grief
May arrive,
Like lightning must dissolve
To illuminate the void
No one knows how bad it is --
This gift --
Which makes it easier to let go
The many faces of grief --
So that a greater gift, a more
Paralyzing grief
May arrive,
Like lightning must dissolve
To illuminate the void
III.
My wife is half a world away
-- The house next door --
Still her flame burns in my heart
For there is only one
When all is said and done
Two bodies disappear into the soil
My wife is half a world away
-- The house next door --
Still her flame burns in my heart
For there is only one
When all is said and done
Two bodies disappear into the soil