Raised By Swans

Sleep and forget until the names we knew are
Bodies walled in a doorless room
And we won’t turn back
Clouds of sparrows are startled into flight
As a hail of arrows is unleashed at the sky
And we won’t turn back
So here we go
This might curse our luck
These mirror-haunted hallways
We’re echo-testing for a hole we’ll never find
So let’s just close our eyes this time
I will love you always
I wouldn’t lie
I wouldn’t lie
So pour me out on the eastern coast where
The water’s cold as a mermaid’s ghost
And the long days hide
And one of these nights we will bloom in the Trees