I need a reminder today.... I think I am having major anxiety about my mother coming.... oh what's new... nothing. I have stilts yes... I can walk over this land better than I did last time maybe.. putting it here so I can see it myself. If I ever need big reminders of who I am it is when the person that formed and created me is near.. how odd is that.

Buckle at the knees, the elbows bend with the trees
Bridges collapse at the shores, leaving only a balloon to sail me
Past a bird in full flight,knowing all the while knowing

There are watery graves at the end of the night where we lie
they carry no light and no life, you must surrender or fight
But remember the bird and balloon they are connected to you

I caught a glimpse of light in this web of strings
Fed it with breath and soul and watched it grow and grow and glow
I sail on breeze, sprouting stilts from beneath

To carry you, to carry me.. through the darkest forest of all forest
While you hold in your hand a shoestring made with love
Tie it to a dove and watch the time forevermore ravel and unravel

The strings tear and repair, they will always be there
To see us through me and you, through this messy abyss
Keep a piece tucked in you palm, and hold on til the dawn