Step in soft / light lean back / just drift I been where the bright air lifts Came back warm with a grin in my lens Sun know me now, I don’t gotta resent Step in slow / truth feel thin as skin Most chase depth, I just flow within Speak of light, let the room breathe in When the day say my name, I just sit in it I ain’t carry no weight for the sake of a bit Left the long stair down where the tight grip ends Saw clean clear lines with no need to bend Saw the face with no mask, let the ease sit in Saw folks talk “deep” till they loosened up Till one small laugh filled the cup Till the mirror smoothed, started showin’ sky Started showin’ self without dressin’ it up So when I say “ease up,” that ain’t soft talk, kid That’s field note from the side that lives That’s open-air truth with no roots to grip I came back light from where breath just is Step in soft / light lean back / just drift I been where the bright air lifts Came back warm with a grin in my lens Sun know me now, I don’t gotta resent Step in slow / truth feel thin as skin Most chase depth, I just flow within Speak of light, let the room breathe in When the day say my name, I just rest in it Mind like a window with the curtains gone Open wide where the breeze run on Most folks peek then they close it off I let it stay till the wind got bored Now I move like time—loose, exact, unpaid You can hear that space in the notes I lay I don’t need force, I don’t need weight I got that hush that let the whole room sway Truth feel easy when it don’t bite down Truth feel true when it don’t need crown I seen whole lives ease from one small shift One clean breath and the tightness lift That’s why I smile when they flex that strain Most of that talk just clench champagne I got proof from the open frame From where the self don’t need no name I went where calm and wonder meet Where the crown fall off, just feet on street Where the prayer sound light cause the wires gone Where the “I am” just hum along Now the light in my eyes like a passing tint Not naive, not lost—just past the grip Just past the point where the force still stick Just past the bluff where the hard lines split Step in soft / light lean back / just drift I been where the bright air lifts Came back warm with a grin in my lens Sun know me now, I don’t gotta resent Step in slow / truth feel thin as skin Most chase depth, I just flow within Speak of light, let the room breathe in When the day say my name, I just stay in it Air ain’t empty, it’s motion and proof It’s what stay when you loosen the roof It’s what’s left when the tight words mute When the heavy old myths just slip from the room I got that open calm in my walk now That “I seen enough to just stop now” That “talk free when the weight fall off” Cause I know what it cost when you let that drop Some want answers, I wanted the view Some want anchors, I wanted the blue Some want walls they can lean into I went and found what moves right through Now I’m built like a line that learned how to bend Built like a note that don’t need to end Built like a man when the light look in And instead of bracin’, I leaned out and in Step in soft / light lean back / just drift I been where the bright air lifts Came back warm with a grin in my lens Sun know me now, I don’t gotta resent Step in slow / truth feel thin as skin Most chase depth, I just flow within Speak of light, let the room breathe in When the day say my name, I just stay in it
