Hold On:
Deep seas waiting under us,
Dark dreams we don’t dare to trust,
but
Hold on now.
Hold on.
We wait the oncoming tide,
Hold our lips and prepare to dive,
but
Hold on now
Hold on.
Swift currents come to carry us,
Where they lead,
We must follow,
Though our fears they betray us,
We must,
Hold on,
Hold on.
Recklessly:
Should I choose reckless paths,
Scattered ways untold.
Breathe,
Breathe deep in and out,
We will find a hope.
For you,
Who were sheltered high above,
Recklessly contained
Yourself.
Should we choose to fall into
Our fears, burrowed deep,
Guard ourselves from the recklessness of love,
Set our hears in stone,
What then will grow?
I don’t know.
But you,
Who were sheltered high above,
Recklessly un-contained,
And you,
Full of audacious love,
Recklessly contained
Yourself.
We Wait:
We wait,
Oceans rise and fade,
but we wait,
Hope seems but a shade,
We wait,
We wait.
We wait,
The violence strips away,
but we wait,
Through terror, storm, and haze,
We wait,
We wait.
Frozen,
We hold, we bear the world, we stay,
We long to run,
Not in shame.
Stone fills our lungs, our fingertips, our brains.
Captive, but oh how we wait.
We wait,
Oceans rise and fade,
but we wait,
Hope seems but a shade,
We wait,
We wait.
But A Word:
You were but a thought,
Whispered into word,
A shifting of a sigh,
A sound just barely heard.
Open up my dear,
Say what can’t be sounded,
Under sheets of ice,
Where can we be found.
You sang the distant call,
Softer than when you were born,
The echoes drift apart,
The meaning bent and torn.
We linger listening,
Awaiting the moment when
Hushed silence
turns.
Open up my dear,
Say what can’t be sounded,
Under sheets of ice,
Where can we be found.
Louder, clearer dear,
Say what can’t be sounded,
Will we know your words,
Have we missed your voice?
Home:
Finding here a constant
waiting,
Life begins to look like a
broken smile.
But I will find a home,
We will find a place to lay our heads down,
Heads down.
Once upon a time I
felt afraid of all that I
couldn’t see.
The waters deep,
The fighting air,
I see it all now.
But I will find a home,
We will find a place to lay our heads down,
Heads down.
Though our dreams feel far away,
We will fight,
We will stay,
The idea of home seems dim,
I feel home here,
With you,
So just breathe dear.
And we will find a home,
We will find a place to lay our heads down,
Heads down.
Aubrey Anne Little Brady 