Paper Forest (Birds)

The birds were falling limbless from the sky

Falling in nobody’s eyes but mine

The birds were closing in again I tried

To fight them back and find my way outside

Squinting like a newborn in the light

I walk for like an hour, maybe five

You’re the only reason that I might find

My way out here tonight

I came here when the road was very dry

The road was dry as paper so I typed

And in the accident of hands producing lines

I hoped to clear the birds away and give them flight

And when you clear the birds away you see the sky

And when you see the sky you know which way to tread

And I think you’re the only reason that I might, might, might

Illuminate the text

So I can see to where the grass is really bright, bright, bright

Meet you there, and know which way to step

Oh my love you’re always further than I’d like

Always moving just ahead of me like time

And it isn’t that I want to fall behind

And it isn’t that I don’t know how to love

But the world is made of paper so I type

I write but I can never write enough

So I can see to where the grass is really bright, bright, bright

But I don’t know if I’ll ever make it out

And all the birds were falling limbless from the sky

Falling in nobody’s eyes but mine

Now I’m squinting like a newborn in the light

Squinting like a newborn in the light

Of a paper forest starting to ignite

Of a paper forest burning out of sight

And I think you’re the only reason

You’re the reason

You’re the reason

Let these paper forest burn and burn until they’re down

Maybe then the birds will herd, emerge and lead you out