Only Brave Men Watch the Sea

I'll need the whole beach stretched
from heal to brow
on top to lay my sorrow down.
Comfort now, there's comfort down
lay now under golden ground

Only brave men watch the sea
only calm men know the tide will turn
to return their love
when waves mellow to dreams

Trace, retrace and race my
steps
til I get to where I missed-I found the spot I missed you.
Comfort now, there's comfort down
now I sit where warmth has kissed you.

Only brave men watch the sea
Only calm men wait for the caps to break
and crumble where we missed you

follow your hands to the middle

Shadows of the coiled lattice
mark my legs
and paint them a henna sort of
statue
most beautiful
and my hands are framed
holding things
once I swore I'd never hold.

Jewel once said her hands
were small
but mine are long and skinny
and once they held orphans
a while before now
and once I believed that they were good
and now
I believe they are ghosts
that have attached themselves to me

I watch them like a mystery betraying me

Explain to me, my hands
I'm listening