Cassiopeia

You were talking on Zoom about women in Ancient Greece Compared to the myths where they were represented I sat across from you reading Ulysses (I sat across from you reading Ulysses) And whilst I try to project some intellect I'm not convinced I knew what it all meant But I did know that the words were so pretty (I did know that the words were so pretty) I will give you my palm to help you walk through the hurtful Want to give you that calm that you have so long searched for Whilst I make space for all the parts of me That I do not want, I let them be As minds twist through the fractured expanse of our being (expanse of our being) We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia And the rough our diamond was in seemed so rough That no one bothered to start digging it up, But we carved our own pickaxe from the rubble with our teeth (with our teeth) Because life is beautiful but life is work, So full of joy, so full of hurt, The starlight meets us in the dirt before I wake you with coffee and peace I will give you my palm to help you walk through the hurtful Want to give you that calm that you have so long searched for Whilst I make space for all the parts of me That I do not want, I let them be As minds twist through the fractured expanse of our being (expanse of our being) We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia I hear the secret whisperings of the world In the curves of all your bursts of laughter You are so beautifully so brutally out of comprehension And how lonely I was in the before and after I will give you my palm to help you walk through the hurtful Want to give you that calm that you have so long searched for Whilst I make space for all the parts of me That I do not want, I let them be As minds twist through the fractured expanse of our being (expanse of our being) We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia We mend together gaze to Cassiopeia