red the sunrise

They say when we die, we fall

For the sky cannot have us, the garden calls

For the constant touch of hands and knees

Sinking deeper and pleading, for in this soil lies our grief

Your heart is the sun that I fall, that I follow

East to west, turning always away as you go

'Til the water we are gathers in gravity

Find the earth waiting quiet for what we come to be

Resting until, in dark red sunrise

It becomes the mirage to keep us alive

A holler, a wraith, a vision of time

In language of patience and hope we are tied

Fall and follow away as you go

The sky's no place for me

Further below, you'll be

You're returning, turning now

Can you hear me, hear me now?

So red, so red, the sunrise

You're returning, turning now

You're returning, turning now

Can you hear me, hear me now?

So red, so red, the sunrise

You're returning, turning now

If we stay long enough, they say we'll liquefy

In your place, leave a pool of desire, save your mind

(A contortion of places seemingly kind, tell me though)

There's a map in your bones of our home, I'll be there

(Does the wind hold your peace or the strands of the earth from which mother drinks?)

When the sky turns me down just behind soon, I fear

(The long winding river whose surface unmet trembles as we seek)

You're returning, turning now

Can you hear me, hear me now?

So red, so red, the sunrise

You're returning, turning now

Fall and follow away as you go

The sky's no place for me

Further below, you'll be

Fall and follow away as you go

The sky's no place for me

Further below, you'll be

Calling, I am here, I am left

Voices carry in silence void of air

May they remain forever in secret tow

The only place given when we have to go