Lyrics
For my soul sister Sharon,1952-2022
I've been watching the crows at the hospital
Magnolia murder, unstoppable
Strange croaks, groaning and clicks
Building a universe with each stick
I am weaving a path back to Sharon
Daffodils like a torch I am bearing
My feet spring out of the elevator
Swiftly toward my lovely revelator
She's long since run out of all of her words
She's long since lost the names of birds
Long ago she stopped making art with her hands
But she's here and she looks at me
just as I am
Sharon,
All the times you were trapped inside
I saw it because I know what it's like
And I knew that I knew that I knew how you ticked
And I could not use language to articulate it
I’ve been watching the snow at the nursing home
Fall in the eyes of these gathered alone
Sharon, you seem more vacant these days
But you still brighten when you see my face
Sharon,
All the times you were trapped inside
I saw it because I know what it's like
And I knew that I knew that I knew how you ticked
And I could not use language to articulate it