And awaken my body, birth me into death
It’s with the first glance that I take the last breath
And so with the wind that flowers in my presence
To blow at my feet and cool the evening essence
The halls echo and the rooms lay barren
The walls let go and resound with air-din
Sings in silence, this house of glass
A lonesome chamber, this too shall pass
Build me up and break me down
For it’s in you my trust resounds
To hear bed-ridden screams fly and fall
To raise a whisper and plunge from a call
Tease the waves from the breast of the shore
Pull them back, and trim from the floor
Foams the ocean, the cream of the sea
As you begin to dance with me
Leave me in peace, let me on the shore
Where I lay at ease, hands clamped on an oar
The sun goes down and cool tides froth again
To dip me in the dawn of the evening winds
Watch me from the waves, never to be seen
Keep me from the grave, never to demean
Wake me with the sunrise, warm me in the sun
Pull me from the backwash, and adorn me until I’m done
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Photo Credit: Paige Heaney