The storm has lifted
Quiet but an undertow is lingering behind
I'm in the water looking down
Ice cold clarity
And it is nothing new for you to float out
From the depths, from the deep
Just to prove that I'll never be free from you
Night after night
Year after year
I weed you out, again, again
You grow in my mind
Night after night
I weed you out again, again
And I wish for flood
I wish for drought
I try to pull the root but you keep growing
Precious darkness
Handed off to me to water, feed and keep alive
It wasn't my garden to tend
But my hands are dirty
Sometimes I wonder how you are now
When you feel the fury rising from the underground
Night after night
Year after year
I weed you out, again, again
You grow in my mind
Night after night
I weed you out again, again
And I wish for flood
I wish for drought
I try to pull the root but you keep growing
Moving through me
Tangled, ghostly
Your secrets, clinging
And I feel guilty
When the truth spills out of my nervous mouth
I look over my shoulder
You're still over my shoulder
