I Look At My Hands

I rail against making shitty art
Because I’ve got to do it with heart
But sometimes I’ve just got to pour the cracks and creases
With a love that never ceases
As I flex my knuckles to breaking point
And somewhere a baby anoint
Into a chasm of a different making
Am I labouring under what I’m forsaking
The church and motherhood
Do I give both up for good
Because I’m nearly thirty four
And I’ve been told to make shakes or the floor
Will drop out from under my feet
In the instance of a heartbeat
And is it just to reclaim the child within
That I want one with him
Though I’d never say
Not face to face anyway
In my hidden stance I defy
All the parts of him that try to die
Against my will
Does he even know what he would kill
If he thought to take the drink and spill
It out over the ground
I don’t make a sound
As the earth quakes
But something in me breaks
As though he’s taking a hammer to it
And nothing, not even his wit
Can put it back together
Are we all summer weather
Friends
And when it all ends
Will anything remain
If I play this track again

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