THE UNMASTERED WORLD

I hear it in the air tonight
Something out there calls
To cross the darkened sea tonight
From the ordinary world

All the leaves have fallen down
The sun is going underground
The sky, it has that far off pink
That only autumn brings

All these years of shallow breath
Have twisted tight around my neck
I walk along the winding path
Not knowing where it ends

Something crawled out of the water
And laid upon the shore
The air grew heavy with its breath
From beyond the fog, it called

To embark across the darkness
Into the great unknown
To cross over the threshold
Into the setting sun

So far, I've gone, away from shore
Bound for the unmastered world
No one was there to see me go
Into the night, I went alone

Before, the world was beautiful
I could feel it in my bones
The bluebirds gathered in the east
And circled around the sun

A fire filled my beating heart
Before the world turned blue
God, let it flow like water now
So I can swim right through

Now, the world is water
Now, the world is black
Consciousness is just a breath
Light is just a crack

The ones at home, they pray for me
Not knowing where I've gone
They light candles for the holy dove
For land, she searched alone

It's been so many years
Since the sun has touched my skin
But out here on the water
There's a light that shines within

Someday I know I will return
To the ordinary world
I will fall upon the shore, and smile
And feel the earth again

My heart will shine with brightest light
Like summer sun, like wildfire
For in the deepest pit of night
I've seen the light break through

With sacred fire, I'll return
From the cave, the pit, the underworld
From the belly of the great white whale
I'll crawl my way to shore

My story, like the fire, burns
When I am lost, and the light is gone
I dig down deep to pull it up
And hold it to the sun.