Inch by Inch / Mmm

I move inch by inch Until I'm smaller than the finest grain of sand I'll wake in the belly of the oldest clam Reborn as my twin Until I see my soul sat in every hand Like clay, I shape an empty vessel I look in the eyes of my meal I patch my rags with fin and scale The waters are flourishing The wind is hushed I crack my bones and return to mud I bow to the light that palms my skin Working the flesh of this body, I unhinge I merge with dust I move inch by inch Forming unturned earth into gold Worms tend by slithers or I wither away I stretch with pillars, they show my fate Reborn as a king Squirming to unlearn the bruised and the bold Wordless like whispers, they wither away I am my dinner — I have no name Famished fisher, Put down your shoulders Reel it in, you're beyond time Sleepless shepherds, Let me cry There's no path ahead, no path behind Fleeting figure Within the still, Take a look or it will pass you by A moment like forever And ever onward Returning to another life (I merge with dust)