We’re all just flesh and blood and bone and soul
People don’t belong
In boxes till they’re dead
No labels, no promises and no regrets
Grey areas of utter ambiguity that need no defining or clarifying
Just be and let be
We are flesh and blood and bone and soul
When we fall apart, we put ourselves back together
What can a body do alone?
Never was so good at mourning, so we practised forgetting together
First forget the world
Then forget the way things were
I went to the beach at night and the sand was cold and the air was all salt and seaweed
I walked along the shore, barefoot beneath the stars
Thinking about how things change
The cool, rising tide lapping at my feet
Subtle shifts, breaths and glances
Moments and words exchanged
And then nothing is the same
We are just flesh and blood and bone and soul
It’s all we can ever be
All the rest is make believe, the rules that we are taught to follow
Can you remember the Truth we talked about?
I wish I had words to say that could help to ease the pain
But I can’t save anybody and I can’t fix you
And the only thing worth noting is that souls may live on like memories
That flesh and blood and bone may be gone but nobody has to forget