finch song from garden variety by Megan Karangutkar

bloody lip, you win again
i think i could use a friend
out to sea and back to shore
pull a thread and ask for more

you lay down when you're in the garden
sheets of sky begin to crack
palest light that you want to hide in
breaks the bones you thought would last

bloody lip, i long for you
harshness there that we abuse
under dust you feel the pulse
there are other ways to know

i can see you through the glass
every color clouds your head
speaking softly of release
throwing stones up at the brink

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there is no reason growing under branches you are lonely
surfacing at every chance the breakers didn't understand

make a way a fleeting notion in a voice to feel an openness
and recognize your hands you don't want to leave so don't again

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