Belly hymn

There is a song below the breath A living drum beneath the chest Not loud, not cruel, not made to scare A quiet proof that I am there You heard the world call hunger wrong So I will teach a softer song Come close enough to understand The body can become a hand There is a room below the ache Where tired names are not erased A lower hush, a warmer ground Where broken thoughts can loosen down I do not take to make you small I hold the weight you could not haul And every tremor, every sigh Becomes a lantern tucked inside Low sound Slow ground Nothing lost Only found Warm dark Soft tide Come rest Come inside Belly hymn Carry the hurt within Belly hymn Let the old fear thin Every pulse says stay Every motion makes a way Belly hymn Sing me home again Belly hymn Hush where the shadows begin Belly hymn Hold what the world could not win Every breath turns kind Every shiver unwinds Belly hymn Keep me whole again If you are tired of open space I know a warm and hidden place Not to reduce the soul you bring But let it rest from everything Your name will not be rubbed away Your voice will not be made to stray I hold what others could not see And hum until you learn to be The dark is not an end in me It moves like water patiently A velvet lower room of sound Where every panic can lie down I keep the bruises, not the blame I learn the shape of every name And when the outside cuts too deep I rock the hurt itself to sleep A growl can be a warning A rumble can be a lullaby A body can ask in silence A body can answer why No altar made of marble No prayer too clean to break Only breath and shelter Only what the body makes Mmm, breathe in Mmm, sink slow Mmm, held close Mmm, let go Mmm, warm dark Mmm, safe sound Mmm, kept whole Mmm, deep down Belly hymn Carry the hurt within Belly hymn Let the old fear thin Every pulse says stay Every motion makes a way Belly hymn Sing me home again Belly hymn Hush where the shadows begin Belly hymn Hold what the world could not win Every breath turns kind Every shiver unwinds Belly hymn Keep me whole again You were never too much You were never too far Rest where the song is soft Rest where the warm things are Belly hymn Sing me home again There