No Harm

Thought, thought I could grip Grip the dust By the speed of my hand Bone crash into skin Swinging hard Swinging hard as you can Between the houses We cannot be seen We made, made new words For the pins That we felt in our legs Stood, stood in our rooms Wide awake Just to watch the day change Cold on the beds where Our brothers had been You know we did (no harm) When they ran and hid (no harm) Hunting the kids (no harm) You know they did no harm In June, June's thick breath Will collect And then drip down our chins Cut holes in the screen Make them wide And let the creatures come in Between the houses We cannot be seen You know we did (no harm) When they ran and hid (no harm) Hunting the kids (no harm) You know they did no harm Forming slowly All things holy No breath showing All out running Our skin humming Into the sun Always running to Never running from Always running to Never running from Cold on the beds where Our brothers had been You know we did (no harm) When they ran and hid (no harm) Hunting the kids (no harm) You know they did no harm