STONE

I could've done anything all day-to-day but Sit inside these walls and wait For you to come and set it all on fire, burn it all I could've sought anyone I'd left behind Instead of seeking out the kind of Ghosts who have been filling up my Cabinets, my TV-sets are Opening instead of closing, Whispering as I grow numb as Any old woman who has Outlived her own children Up on the hill that is my body Over there I wait with peace another Moment I'll be singing Before I fall to my knees Into the ocean where you’re spilling Over here I stand alone another Message I'll be bringing if you Throw away your stone I could've sipped any wine to ease my mind But I stood sober, clear inside this Fortress of alertness with no Sheets upon my skin I could've been petrified with fear and blind To any kindness all this while But I sleep with an angel pricking Me without a pin until I'm Opening instead of closing, Whispering as I grow numb as Any old woman who has Outlived her own children Up on the hill that is my body Over there I wait with peace another Moment I'll be singing Before I fall to my knees Into the ocean where you’re spilling Over here I stand alone another Message I'll be bringing if you Throw away your stone Who doesn't see best in the desert Where there's nothing else to cling to I've been waiting for so long If we could read between the Sandcastles inside our eyes then Maybe we could find away to Heal what's wrong... Opening instead of closing, Whispering as I grow numb… Message I'll be bringing if you Throw away your stone