Whoever We Are

I wait at the end of the world that we know

I carry its spark in the fold of my hands

Keeping it close to my breast as I go

Calling the ship of our wonder to land

The dusk will come early and then it grows long

Into the darkness that took from the dawn

The way of all rising and falling upon

The body that knows more than we

And the time it has taken to see

The rising has fallen to me

Nothing was lost when we gave it away

So I was told and came slowly to learn

Against all my will, I loved anyway

The swing of my heart, my own lantern to burn

The dusk will come early and then it grows long

Into the darkness that took from the dawn

The way of all rising and falling upon

The body that knows more than we

And the time it has taken to see

The rising has fallen to me

I rush to the still-waiting wagons and hold

My trunk of old letters, a child in my arms

Resting my head, the shadow unfolds

Telling the truth to whoever we are

The dusk will come early and then it grows long

Into the darkness that took from the dawn

The way of all rising and falling upon

The body that knows more than we

And the time it has taken to see

The rising has fallen to me

And the time it has taken to see

The rising has fallen to me