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Stagnant Waters

from Sunken Ships by Rafa Russo

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Stagnant Waters

A man awakes from a long, long dream
Finds himself alone in a dump of words
Searches for the embers of a radiant sentence
But nothing smoulders, nothing stirs

Unfolds a telescope towards the stars
To scan the craters of his heart

Stagnant waters
Stagnant waters

Now the man is wondering what went wrong
Why he can't find the chalk marks on the trees
It all seemed in place from the tower of grace
And now the belt's so tight he can't breathe

Why the wind no longer comes around
And all his words are tangling on the ground

Stagnant waters
Stagnant waters

Words like birds in a choking fist
Words like candles under hovering lips
Words that rustle like falling leaves
Words like rubble from many a dream

He built the tallest walls so he couldn't see
That there's an ocean for every river, brook or stream

Stagnant waters
Stagnant waters

These words once flew like raging spears
These words once brought us all to tears
Words so big, words so firm
That he thought he'd never, never get hurt

Stagnant waters
Holy waters
I close my eyes and I can still
See them flowing
Flowing

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from Sunken Ships, released February 17, 2011

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