Torn Again

I see you in windows that open so wide
There's nothing beyond them and no one inside

There's silt on your ankles and
Sand on your feet
The river too shallow, the ocean too deep
You smile at your suffering
The sweetest reprieve
Why did you leave us? Why did you leave?
You kick off your sandals and
Shake out your hair
It's torn where you're dancing
It's torn everywhere
It's torn on the right and
It's torn on the left
It's torn in the center which few can accept

It's torn whеre there's bеauty
It's torn where there's death
It's torn where there's mercy
But torn somewhat less
It's torn in the highest
From kingdom to crown
The messages fly but the network is down
Bruised at the shoulder and cut at the wrist
The sea rushes home to it's thimble of mist
The opposites falter, the spirals reverse
And Eve must re-enter the sleep of her birth
And up through the system
The worlds are withdrawn
From every dominion the mind stood upon
And now that it's over and now that it's done
The name has no number, not even the one

Come gather the pieces all scattered and lost
The lie in what's holy
The light in what's not
The story's been written
The letter's been sealed
You gave me a lily but now it's a field