Drift

I've been waiting for a blessing Hold my palm out to the painting And from here she'll take the aching So I'll wring the tears she's raining You saw through me Never choose me I've outgrown the songs before me I'm unlearning all they told me Take my wilted wooden soul but Only if you swear to hold me I know I'm more Than you came for I am worn from empty gestures Ripples of immense ancestors I was born between two oceans Still I'm taught I must surrender Through skin, to him Save me, lean in Bodies of water in which I can wade and confess to her Drip to descendants and still there are ways it's oppressing her Teach me to sing with a heart that is kind, steady and strong Reach me to again when the lakes have been drained And the rivers redrawn Drift back, drift back to me