Act of Human Kindness

Some notion you had wrapped around your finger Every act of human kindness on a string You'd proudly undergone a great disaster Emerged upon the other side a king Having lost the gentle efforts of the morning The shining of some ill forgotten thing You close your eyes and dream the world is turning You hold your breath and balance and begin And far and wide the great divide lays meddling in wait With plans of other fates to claim and call And far and wide the other side of gratitude of grace Like racing in one place I heard them fall The words are tied and tattered but unbroken The melody familiar still the same The rise and fall a parasol a quiet bit of shade The end of the parade and then the rain And far and wide the great divide lays meddling in wait With plans of other fates to claim and call And far and wide the other side of gratitude of grace Like racing in one place I heard them fall Some notion you had wrapped around your finger Every act of human kindness on a string