One On The Ground

She?s got one foot on the ground

That?s one more than before her day

Just crawl back and swallow your pride

Like so many pills before this girl, speak

You must know something more

I know that you must feel something

For your presence is coming chilly

Your motions sadly sober now

Please let yourself cry

Prove your miserable existence and I?ll believe

I?ll confess my sin

Choking on the manipulation of another

Roaming on the plane of no bother

The child spoke the truth, ?I can?t believe I?m dead?

So why bother us now

You knew everything except the price of haste

So hold your breath to hold his hand

I?m here so where are you?

Everything was lost overhead

Above the mantle in the depression

Not a single memory to burn in this betrayal

At least nothing that I can reach

I am still standing, still staring at your

Child rolling, playing in your husband?s stain

Would you make a token for your son

Of what?s left of his teeth pried from the plaster?

If he found the weakness to surrender to pain

Can you find the strength to search for him?

I am here, so where are you?

I am still here and I need you