A figure stitched from wanting hands rose on a box of noise It borrowed beats from all our chests and called our choice its voice It stroked the hush to glitter gold and sold us back our name We fed it crumbs of certain talk it grew until it claimed Bright brag like lacquer on a crack kept every doubt at bay It rang our ribs like copper bells and bent the clocks its way It learned the angles of our fear to steer us like a tide But mirrors warp when eyes look hard and sheen runs off the hide O mind, keep flint against the gloss don’t trade your weight for skin A name can fatten on your loss if you keep feeding spin Stand, spine-sprung, set inner gear Call back your breath, come home Don’t crown a mouth to rule your fear Call back your breath, come home We built a ladder out of cheers and climbed past need and sense We kissed the paper crown we made and called it Providence But heat unbuttons painted light and shows the wire and rod A puppet only rules the room when hands pretend it’s god O heart, untangle borrowed north let needles find their true Unlearn the oath you gave a mask and give it back to you Stand, spine-sprung, set inner gear Call back your breath, come home Don’t crown a mouth to rule your fear Call back your breath, come home Watch one borrowed breath bend blood hear hush turn herds by touch Cut clean the leash of painted care you never needed much Name what is yours then let it rest take back the wheel you own Stand, spine-sprung, set inner gear Call back your breath, come home Break off the hands that hold the shrine Call back your breath, come home Stand, spine-sprung, set inner gear Call back your breath, come home No idol stands when carpenters lay down their tools, come home Come home, come home Call back your breath, come home
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