Withness

Lyrics for Withness

Gratitude for travel Movement between this and that The distance away to reflect how the mind breathes differently To listen for what's not yelling No voices in my head A sense of all rightness The pacing of people unfrightened by fascist greed A concern for the earthness of us A longing to be connected together Offline gestures The dimples of improvised grins Tears glowing beneath the shutters of eyes Wide open windows gazing back at you Each person as portal and premonition of a timeless time A diaspora of sisterhood awaiting your arrival Anticipation Homes away from home Fathers of fascination flirting with someone else's daughter It never gets old, does it? To be parentless and see family in every person The choice and unchoosing People who don't love you back not the same Brothers who only see a meal ticket or maid or sum of body parts Silly enough to believe in the goodness Despite all experiences to the contrary I rather be unchanged by the courage of my heart The wish for collaborators willing to Traverse realms within and without Together Every show to be confronted and in spirit Withness To bear with The solidarity of sound When you can hear a hand being held A struggle shouldered by the sharing between us America is a spell A hex or hell Unless among the kindred few folk of fellowship A way of willing through By kissing the ground for gratitude to be aware of the interdependence A suffering caused by our ignorance To be away is to be better with Withness Here we are Here we are Each here is an invitation There's no such thing as a stranger if you're honest Every place has a relative awaiting your return