a man who has lost
full use of his legs
must find his whole body
inside of his head
to walk in a dream
is to hope when he wakes
he won't have to die
in a bed he can't make
remember the crutches,
the heart and the soul
the power of Truth
against arms growing old
"you're only the father of what you can bear,"
she told him in secret when he wasn't there

"you can do what you want with my body"
she said with his hands at her throat
"oh but you cannot touch what is spirit,"
"my life is not yours to be owned"*
all the time it has taken to speak up
and show you the woman I be
has been counted itself a commission
for everything you didn't seek
I will love you today and tomorrow
and look at the past without fear
rebuking the source of your anger
with all that I have while I'm here
see, my mother and father are with me
in Truth and in Spirit and flesh
and today I am stronger than ever
for you and for me and for them

Exists a place inside you and the name of it is Home
And every time you walk away you'll always feel alone
It takes a single step in vain to crucify the Truth
But all the same to stand beside the Hope it has for you
So drink The Tree of Knowledge and reflect on what it's done
Then bury all the poison it injects in everyone
Deliver cups of water from the roots it once ordained
And for the sake of saving cling to every single day
The sun continues rising and the moon remains in tact
As stars proclaim the victories in every second passed
While Death has spread a fever 'cross the bones of man in flesh
Eternal Life has poured itself on souls of man instead

when everything that follows you has brought you to your knees
surrender offers, there and then, the peace you chose to* seek
and in the arms of Truth you'll learn to see yourself again
the way you were when time was breath you counted as a friend
when every conversation fed some life into your bones
and ended with goodbyes that said, "you'll never walk alone"
before the water's yellowed drink for everybody's sake
and pour your sober thoughts upon the mothers wide awake
remember every nightmare and remember every dream
you're given life and death the same, to live or never be