Awake

Awake

Awake

Awake from the cross

Awake from the gain

Awake from the loss

Awake from the body

Awake from the soul

The more you are woken

The more you are whole

My kin

What have you done

You’ve ruined your kingdom

You blew out the sun

You tortured the water

You poisoned the well

You burned every flower

On your way to hell

I have tried to be nothing

I’ve tried to be true

I’ve tried to be someone

I’ve tried to be you

I’ve tried to be young

I’ve tried to be God

I’ve tried to become

Anything I am not

Oh Mother Creator

You’ve given me life

But every heartbeat

Cuts like a knife

Someday we’ll be better

A new season of corn

But we all have to die

So we can be reborn

And I’ll bury the past

I’ll bury the road

I’ll bury the future

I’ll carry the load

I’ll bury the flesh

I’ll bury the bone

And when I am done I will bury my own