All of our hearts
Are in terrible space
And we
Rise (painfully), rise (painfully)
Down from the glacier and into the soil and we
Rise (faithfully), rise (faithfully)
Up from the basement and into the world and we
Rise (painfully), rise (painfully)
Up to the beauty in labouring breath and we
Rise (faithfully), rise (faithfully)
I am on Queen East, I am standing
by the Queen’s Head Tavern, close to the ground
and I contemplate O’ Connor drive
flying ribbons up above me, and
A river runs through it,
So childlike, like it’s running away
From its parents, and we are two kids
Running away, I remember now, and we
Rise (painfully), rise (painfully)
Down from the glacier and into the soil and we
Rise (faithfully), rise (faithfully)
Up from the basement and into the world and we
Rise (painfully), rise (painfully)
Up to the beauty in labouring breath and we
Rise (faithfully), rise (faithfully)
Rise to the silence, make magic from death
What dissonance rings out
Clawing at my ears and yet
It’s where I find beauty like
A palm tree in a gothic church
Our bodies are an iron mist
Our minds are like a polluted marina
But our hearts are with the others
By the rivers, in the fields
Our hearts are as one
The birds are singing
in the playground
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