LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS IN THE BOTTOMLESS CANYON

The country I come from burns white like the summer
White birds fly over the dark myrtle water
A ship wrecked in the springtime where I was born
Things come and go where the veil is thin-worn

A sinkhole opened that drowned the whole world
Down in the trenches, scarlet petals unfurl
In the belly of the ocean, my eyes have come open
I swim to the bottom, my lungs moving water

I walk in the bloodline of thunder and fog
Fast-moving lightning burns bright in my heart
Electric and pink like a wild summer storm
I hold in the light that could blind the whole world

The people I come from bleed blue like the ocean
We had silver fins, but through the ages we lost them
We call in the storms, our eyes move the water
At the edge of the world, the white birds have gathered

I sit by the sea, and like so many dreams
The arms of the ocean reach out for me
They hold me close until I can't breath
My gills have come open in the belly of the sea

The light that we come from cannot be imagined
Little white flowers in the bottomless canyon
Suspended in the age of tangled dreaming
Holding our breath for our eyes to come open

So many times, I have been born
Where the ocean is wide the veil is thin-worn
The arms of the ocean reach out for me
Pulling me under, delivering me

Down in the canyon, my eyes have come open
At the center of the world, a red lotus blossoms
I swim to the bottom, my lungs move the water
'Neath the white diamond sky, I am born from the sea.