Anaïs Mitchell
A Hymn for the Exiled
one two three four five six seventhe word came down to him from heavenand naked as an animal, he knew:everything of flesh and bonehe could call it all his ownif he could name it, he could lay claim to it, too but after all the word was spokenyou sent him out into the open all alone to make his broken promise whole againeight nine ten eleven twelvedid you see how far he fell?did you watch him covering his body in his shame? and wanting you near himthough you couldn’t hear himhe was falling down with your name in his mouth a thousand thousand years pass through mestoned on loneliness and movieswhere people make their love in foreign tonguesevery family locks their doorevery man in uniformreminds me of the body of my own one i knew you before i met youLetras de cancionesi’ve forgotten why i left youall i wanna do is get back into your good gracecall you by your hundred namestill it makes you mine againtill i get my will back in this godforsaken place i want you near mei know you can’t hear me, nowbut i’m falling down with your namei want you near mei wish you could hear me, nowwhile i’m falling down with your name in my mouth
From Letras Mania