Spine

I wish I could break free
Of this bag of skin and bones
Holds me down, hates me
Leaves me all alone
Leave me my poor old soul
My mind with my memories
Because the war that is this world
Never seems to cease
Break my spine and rip my flesh
Turn it into stream and trees
Let my skeleton fade away
Oh mother earth why did you bear me
So lay my body by the river
Let me hear the creaking pines
Send my spirit to the water
Let me dance beneath the sky
My soul and I still remember
Why I long to slip away
Why I can't feel anymore
And why she's the one to blame
Oh universe why am I here
What is my quest
I cannot be
I am unreality
I am leaves and twigs and stream
I am mother moon and sister stars
I am elvenqueen and lost little girl
I am skeleton and blood and flesh
I am breath of life and touch of death
I am nebula and dust and cloud
I cannot linger here
So I will see that you are safe
and that your heart still beats
Before I fade away
And leave you to your sleep
So take my spine and weave it into galaxies
My blood and flesh
The trees and stream