It was grace Stunned by the last lights of the sun We were swimming in a green sea as deep as a drum There are things I must record, must praise There are things I have to say about the fullness And the blaze of this beautiful life The beloved watch the world on its knees With an infinite degree of separation that was something to see And my friend told me, "Death is like taking off a tight shoe" And when I stopped looking for me, I was able to find you Right there where everything is transcendent I can feel myself opening up, getting closer No hope is enough I've stopped hoping, I'm learning to trust
Surrender, I do surrender Move through me and feel me get out of the way And tune into something more deep and reflective than what's to be achieved Or perceived Or affected What's my problem? I'm always drawn back to that wrestling match Ten thoughts in the ring of my mind playing catch I can't live for the noise in my head I just wanna dig a ditch in the soil of my breath and bury my brain there But love said, "If you bring forth what is within you What you bring forth will save you but if you do not bring forth What is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you"
See what you can dare to become. Think of all the winged things in this world, from the worker bee, symbol of this great city, dragonflies, butterflies, birds, wings unfurled, Hear their song echo through the decades, aeons, light years of time, sing Sing of a world broken and remade, Sing of a world as beautiful as can be. Sing of a world born on a wing and a prayer Sing of all the things here so wondrous, so rare
Mark Carrigan 