Born into Language

A parking lot outside a church We are laughing into our sleeves They're putting the tea out as the family turns You're still hanging from the eaves I held you in two cupped hands Your feet became unstuck from the sand You walked back to where you began I held you in two cupped hands Your brimming eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light Your brimming eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light Surrounded by a swollen bed You turned into a satellite You were born into language, the destruction of dark But you had sudden perfect sight I thought about how all bodies end They looked to see if you would ascend I felt a calm I didn't intend I thought about how all bodies end Your brimming eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light Your heavy eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light I held you in two cupped hands Your feet became unstuck from the sand You walked back to where you began I held you in two cupped hands I thought about how all bodies end They looked to see if you would ascend I felt a calm I didn't intend I thought about how all bodies end (Your brimming eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light Your heavy eyes were so quick to ignite Tried to revise what I knew about light)