You trace constellations

On the back of your own hand

Every line a half-asked question

Every scar a quiet plan

You’ve been running in a circle

Chasing echoes in your head

Till the noise got so deafening

You heard what wasn’t said

Let us be wise as silence

Deep as the breath we hide

Strong as the wind on the mountain

Carving the stubborn side

Useful as light in the doorway

Finding the lost at night

Let us be wise as silence

And burn like a simple light

You stand in the kitchen

Dawn humming through the glass

Coffee steam like rising ghosts

From a younger

Restless past

All the words you never needed

Still resting on your tongue

But you finally feel the power

Of the sentences unsung

Let us be wise as silence

Deep as the breath we hide

Strong as the wind on the mountain

Carving the stubborn side

Useful as light in the doorway

Finding the lost at night

Let us be wise as silence

And burn like a simple light

Not a crown

Not a banner

Just a heart that stays awake (oh)

When the storm bends every branch

We will bend

We will not break

If the dark forgets our faces

We will answer

We will stay

In the still

In the gust

In the faint but faithful ray

Let us be wise as silence

Deep as the breath we hide

Strong as the wind on the mountain

Carving the stubborn side

Useful as light in the doorway

Finding the lost at night

Let us be wise as silence

And burn like a simple light

Let us be wise as silence

And live like a useful light