Lay down your willow switch, lay down,
And sit by the edge of the creek
The fields have overgrown with the clover & thistle
That snuck in beneath your feet.
You don’t have to crawl across the desert on your knees
Saying, “Oh, river, please take me in.”
All along the roads that cut through these tired hills,
You’re followed by the face of the moon.
You know you should be evergreen as the pine & you’ve tried,
But the fields we’ve burned aren’t growing back anytime soon. (But still)
You don’t have to crawl across the desert on your knees
Saying, oooh
And if you keep walking to the west,
You’ll reach the river’s edge.
The lost may return
To cold hearths that will once again burn
You don’t have to crawl across the desert on your knees
Saying, “Oh, river, please take me in.”
credits
from Mirrorworld,
released October 28, 2022
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