unseen down lane

come petrified velvet

close to me

i imagined you some place else

you who told me the truth outside

and so forth and so on

i saw in your face

you did not

remember mine

lost in my backwood

you woke and found me there

setting the woods on fire

running hard and dirt heavy

neath the skin of a bear

all my harm

i shall wear

i was happy

i knew it

i clapped my hands

beyond the pale and beautiful

the sweetest song

the saddest thought

why has no one woke me

we could not

please stay

please stay

stay as i come clean

i've waited for your noise all day

beyond the pale and beautiful

we keep down our voices

we keep down our voices

for that is our way

lost in the backwood

you woke and found me there

setting the woods on fire

running hard and dirt heavy

in the skin of a bear

all my harm

i shall wear