Tuesday, April 12, 2011

That isn't right. Something isn't right here
Halt the world, stop the session.
Something's not right.
The slow-sliding struggle becomes a fight
A wall, a wail, and we all fall down in the night.

That isn't right. The bass shouldn't sound
that low, resound in the deep,
the dark shouldn't creep in so close.
Too low, too loud, such a fearful
sound that is more feeling than sound.

That isn't right. We shouldn't fight
to hold up our own banners, bear
our own burdens, look on these faces
and solitary places without love
that longs to fill the shattered spaces.

That isn't right. This day shouldn't pass
without something to redeem
those seven year's labor. All the loss,
the painful cost, the price she paid
to bring us home again. Why won't we
remember? Rise up, o bones, redeem
the wrong and set things right.
Death, defy the dying dream
Bones, become again a living being.

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