I Know a While

May you hang up all your masks

And find a shade where you can sit

May the rest heal up your edges

So that you can breathe a bit

May the voice that leaves your throat

Be the one you recognize

I don’t know forever,

But at least a while,

I know a while

May you notice what is real

And must be followed out the door

And to know that where you come from

Is just a lens and nothing more

May you recognize the loving voice

That comes to lead you wrong

I don’t know forever

But at least a while

I know a while

May you remember what things felt like

When they felt like, what they did

And not dress them all up,

Just for the sake of colouring in

May you know that there are things you’ll find

That truly satisfy

Not for forever

But at least a while

I know a while