On the dark days
I often think
Any joy that I've known
Must have been
Just a trick of the light
No one can trace the fissures
Where the light gets through
No one knows where they're from
Or what seismic force
Moves below now
Only darkness
Emanating forth
I still pray you know
Pray with every line
That I write you
I pray that these fissures heal over
And form riverbeds
As you take new faces
And I fail to stop the flow of hope
That rises each time I find one
I pray that these fissures form riverbeds
I pray we plant flowers along them
So tell me how deep the river dives
Before hitting the core
Tell me which way water flows
When gravity cannot hold me together
But the thought of you
Keeps me in orbit
Tell me you're found
At the mouth of a river
Swallowing the delouse
And I'll meet you there
As the reflection of stars on water