I think you’ve mistaken My desperation For devotion For devotion For devotion I walked bedrock Exposed and barren Disappeared into the mountains Knocked on every door Until one opened And I felt my arms, rise light as feathers And the clock hit me like a hammer And my eyes roll back like porcelain And the breeze cool me like aspirin And I cried If you see my lip start quivering Don’t mistake my breaking open Breaking open For broken I thought I knew how to listen Until the hair on my skin Rose in tongues Ancient, unspoken Then came the glow Of a single candle Through the blinds In the rising sun
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