CN Lester
ashes
Stay small â
It's only nothing from nothing.
Stay small â
We're watching ashes as they fade.
Call out â
Go on and bellow for something â
Look round â
We're rushing, rushing as it fades.
Call out for a quiet sound.
Fall down.
A blur in a concave ring.
Washed out.
We're holding tight to what we've saved.
Deep bow
And sleep into nothing.
Press down â
(still a hollowed core can feel afraid).
Call out for a quiet sound.
Stop, now
We can't tell nothing from nothing.
Look round â
There's not a single mark of what we've made.
Call out â
Why waste ourselves in this rushing?
Come down â
We're only watching ashes as they fade.