With the world so fragile
You must promise me you will be as gentle as possible
To yourself you must promise me
When you wake up you will close your eyes
You will kiss the silence press your lips
Against invisible panes of glass
Envision my hands on the other side
Of that silence and know we are in the world together
With the world so fragile
You must allow for the strength of the ages of those who
Came before to surround you with slow-motion
Drum-circle chants of how impossibility’s illusory
How singing can save the world how we’re birds of a feather
As the sky becomes dim and cloudy lest you forget
The sun’s indomitable courage I’ll ignite what’s dauntless
Using just the will of presence to pronounce
Our cells are miracles and
Miracles are invisible until
We share the insides with the animus of the
Outside it’s snowing but melting so quickly
Almost as if weather’s there just
To repair life’s sacredness
With the world so fragile you must
Promise me you will be as irrepressible as possible
