When the heart Is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let the wind From the good old sea blow in To bathe the wound with salt
Let a stray dog lick it Let a bird lean in the hole and sing A simple song like a tiny bell And let it ring Let it go. Let it out. Let it all unravel. Let it free and it can be A path on which to travel.
"There's so many things that we miss in our everyday lives We're so busy hustling, bustling chasing far away dreams We forget the little things Like blue skies, green eyes and our babies growing Like rainbows, fresh snow and the smell of summer We forget to live.
Give us eyes like children so we live each day as our first We're so sure we know so much that we forget to listen Then we want the fickle things Like cheap thrills fast fuel and constant consumption Like TV, CDs and cars that speak our names We forget to live."
"What the water wants is hurricanes, and sailboats to ride on its back. What the water wants is sun kiss, and land to run into and back.
I have a fish stone burning my elbow, reminding me to know that I'm glad that I have a bottle filled with my old teeth. They fell out like a tear in the bag.
And I have a sister somewhere in Detroit She has black hair and small hands. And I have a kettledrum I'll hit the earth with you. And I will crochet you a hat. And I have a red kite; I'll put you right in it. I'll show you the sky"
"Clipside of the pinkeye flight I'm not the percent you think survives I need sanctuary in the pages of this book Gestating with all the other rats Nurse said that my skin will need a graft I am of pockmarked shapes The vermin you need to loathe."
"Forgive me, Let live me Set my spirit free Losing, it comes in a cold wave Of guilt and shame all over me Child has arrived in the darkness The hollow triumph of a tree
"Even though I'll never need her, even though she's only giving me pain, I'll be on my knees to feed her, spend a day to make her smile again Even though I'll never need her, even though she's only giving me pain As the world is soft around her, leaving me with nothing to disdain.
Even though I'm not her minder, even though she doesn't want me around, I am on my feet to find her, to make sure that she is safe and sound. Even though I'm not her minder, even though she doesn't want me around, I am on my feet to find her, to make sure that she is safe from harm.
The sun sets on the war, the day breaks and everything is new..."
"Something that you said just stuck in my throat Made me fall apart and wrythe in pain Could it be the one I love could hate me so And will I find the love I lost again
Sticks and stones will break my bones but now I know Your words go so much deeper down inside Now every dream we ever had has turned to stone You'll never know the rivers that I cried.
All in a day And the cruel things we say Love runs away If you don't Treat her gently..."
"There's sin all around, Lovers cannot let down, and the winter wears and tears our bones.
There's a man in this town is shooting us down, he thinks he's a big man but he doesnt know anything about us or anything at all.
At night he lies awake, and his heart aches, 'cos its cold - ohh ohh old, he sweats it out all the night through, and he throws up all over me and you.
i wanna catch my difficult 'cos i'm scared of growin old don't return the love i gave your still my favourite."
