Michael Philips - What To Say To Your Captor

Michael Philips - What To Say To Your Captor

Have you watched the slow caravans of clouds br And felt the earth’s pull as they lean into the sky br Or maybe zeroed in on a single star in the wash of a black night br And know this tapestry of distant heat br Was the same for your ancestors going back millennia br That star may not even exist anymore br br You and I are coupled to all who ever lived br To all who ever looked upward br By these things we see br By this water we swallow br By the wistful touch of the wind br By the adoration for our children br By the measure of silence br br Headlines and declarations and borders dissolve br Even the best of them br As a child you were a God br Now you can be a savior br A simultaneously prophetic and poetic act before your comrades br Sparing the captive for the single star br Sparing the lit match for the windbr br Michael Philipsbr br


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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