WHEN THE WATER TURNS / Seraphyx

The water shifted Without wind The frogs went still And I listened The moon wore bone And violet fire Not a dream Not desire Ram skull staring Cracked and bright That sign is not for men Or night Vyre… You don’t call loud You call true The bayou knows When blood is pulled It bends It parts It lets me through When the water turns I follow When the moon breaks shape I move I don’t need screams I don’t need proof Sister taken I am coming too My feet remember Every sink Every place Where others blink The mud won’t keep me The dark won’t bind I was born Between lost time Reeds bow low As I pass Even sorrow Steps aside They think the swamp delays They’ve never watched it open When the water turns I follow Through the hush Through rot and bloom Ram skull moon Burn violet and slow Guide my way I’m not there yet But I know Hold on Hold breath Hold memory I don’t save with fire I don’t arrive with steel I bring the ground back Under your ribs Mm-mm… Still moving… When the water turns I rise When the sign is bone and flame I answer No crown No war cry Just the certainty I came The bayou clears Ahead of me Not fear Not favor Recognition Sister taken Path revealed I am not loud But I am near