cuadernos tibetanos

When the last light fades and the dark comes close when my breath lets go of the world I know I won’t forget where your fire began even cold black water could not drown my hands I’ll be ash but I’ll still feel I’ll be dust but I’ll love you still Oh, I’ll cross that river with a flame in my chest even after forever I won’t love you less I’ll be gone but not enough I’ll be dust dust still in love Let the body fall let the silence win there’s a part of me death can’t take within No grave, no night no law above can turn this burning back from love I’ll be ash but I’ll still feel I’ll be dust but I’ll love you still Oh, I’ll cross that river with a flame in my chest even after forever I won’t love you less I’ll be gone but not enough I’ll be dust dust still in love

There’s a light inside my room That never shines or fades away A glass half-full of absence A chair that learned to stay Watching days go drifting by Without asking what they mean I’m not waiting for an answer Or a sign against the glass If God ever left a footprint Morning covered up the tracks And deep down in everything There’s no secret underneath I walk because I’m walking Not to get somewhere someday I laugh because the darkness Knows how to keep me safe And if the world forgets my name I won’t curse it when it goes I’m only just a shadow Talking softly to the cold Everything is heavy But somehow it can float Everything is burning But it never turns to smoke Hope is just a jacket That doesn’t fit me anymore I take it off slowly Fold it on the floor And I stand before the air Like nothing at all Like nothing at all Like nothing at all A flower in the desert Doesn’t ask what it is for It opens up its body To a sky of static noise Maybe that is living A useless, beautiful move Again...