Water to Water

Water to water

I never met you but I knew you

Blood of my blood

You were a dream my body was dreaming

A silent silhouette on a sonographer’s screen

A tiny little drum without a beat

On my knees in my father’s house

I beg the gods like a dog

Blood, oh the blood

I never knew I had so much in me

A star scrapes the sky like an arrow

An owl flies over the barrow

Once we held our hopes like a full balloon

Now we walk to the carpark, empty handed

Stone, quiet as a stone

I wear the anger like a corset

Your sister dances with girls unseen

She tells me you are dancing with her to the beat

And as she takes my hand

My tears run like

Water