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Brae

Brae

Dark Jade

(For Ukraine)

Like dark jade
The blue fingernails of the dead
Rise from the earth
Miniature trees
Clawing at skies not listening
Brothers blood, sisters screams
Clawing at skies not listening
Still not ready for a world
.... Beyond dreams

Altre opere di Brae...
Venus

Now in the echoes of memory It tastes even sweeter still That familiar glow Like the embers of next morning That catch and leap into flame
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Here We Go

Here we go Like the dust bowl families that w… Learning to stretch the bread and… And still found gritty smiles for… Here we go again
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Stumbling Toward Bethlehem

Like Ezekiel In the valley of dry bones I awaken Every dangerous morning And stumble toward Bethlehem
Athena

Even in the passing flash of image… sliding, liquid, down the digital… I can see your eyes They are hauntingly familiar, hawk… holding the same fierce truth as C…
Divine Gardeners

In the fertile bed of anguish angels drop new seeds and I see now that water for these… is made of tears and the passing of a drought
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Don't Worry 'Bout Me

I been kickin around and around, w… In the dirt, just the devil and me… Rain and the pain, making circles… Drain where my brain used to be With my heart in a box full of bro…
 1
The Letter

In the turn of the storm As the birds race by The dark clouds of confusion seem… And even the silver knife of the s… We squint through the stinging sle…
 1
She Laughs In Flowers

She laughs in flowers and when I am weary, I think of t… And the sun comes back There is a depth in her raven eyes that makes the ocean seem shallow
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On a Golden Someday

On a golden someday When new gods walk upon the sand o… I will know a peace beyond laughte… And haloed in the halls of Atlant… I will see you again
 1
All We Have

In the first ringing of shock, in… As we shake and blink and try to u… There is no hand to pull us throug… and the same scream that brought u… Faith, pure as molten lava
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The Difference

The difference between Knowledge and Wisdom is that Wisdom has blood on it
 2
Humboldt Morning

In the whale grey morn the sky silvers, kissed by rain And everything IS
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Ode to a Star Child

I love how the wind plays with you… Strong, dark and full of mystery You truly are a child of the stars… You have caused a lovely confusion In the garden of my mind
the best that we can hope for

and the best that we can hope for is a few familiar faces a light in cold dark places a moment that erases all the walls that hold us back
Skeletons

Let your skeletons Out of the closet And then Dance with them In the town square
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