Hammer and a Nail

Clearing webs from a hovel blistered hand on the handle of a shovel

I've been digging too deep I always do

I see my face on the surface I look a lot like Narcissus

Dark abyss of an emptiness standing on the edge of a drowning blue

I look behind my ears for the green

And even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands

Not just my head I think myself into jail

But I know refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose

Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose

I had a lot of good intentions sit around for fifty years and then collect the

pensions

I started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts

My life is more than a vision the sweetest part is acting after making a

decision

Started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts

I look behind my ears for the green

And even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands

Not just my head I think myself into jail

Now I know refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose

Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose

My life is part of the global life I found myself becoming more immobile

When I think a little girl in the world can't do anything

Distant nation my community street person my responsibility

If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring

I look behind my ears for the green

And even my sweat smells clean

Glare off the white hurts my eyes

I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail

Learn how to use my hands

Not just my head I think myself into jail

But I know refuge never grows

From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose