Tongue Is Nothing

from Sobereyed by Straya

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I’ve come and left. My eyes obscure the errors of yore.
Not red, nor gold—a single hue burns deep in my thoughts of you.
My tongue unrolls revealing stories that cannot injure.
But clouded eyes conceal from sight a violent picture.

Within her face a crack appears. The reason is clear.
Her blood, not red, drips to the ground—then splits and spreads, always down.
Her body, tense and kneeling, hardens into a boulder—
Now centered in her anger, which I cannot shoulder.

From her rough palm a sparrow flies, but there is no sky.
So on my hand the bird alights, though not in need of respite.
A sudden pressure spreads from the center of my white palm.
The bird with bloody beak aloft—so proud and so calm.

The stigma on my red right hand sheds blood for the land.
And though I cannot truly weep, I paint the blood on both cheeks.
Yet my conciliation quickly transform to terror
As darkness fills my sight, and I realize my error.

I raise my hand toward the sky, a straining eye.
Her craggy body leaves the ground, but I only hear the sound.
I feel my body stiffen, blood from my wound get colder,
But know that I’m safe when the bird lands on my shoulder.

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from Sobereyed, released February 16, 2018
Straya: Electric guitar choir
Loeper: Vocals
Ramaswamy: Vocal editing

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Minneapolis progressive/post-metal group. Sobereyed out everywhere via Chain Letter Collective.

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