i am an old soul

I am an old soul
My lungs are heavy
My bones made of paper mache
My feet are weary

I am an old soul
How is this happening
Life is a weight on my shoulders
Death is like gravity

And I have been swimming so long
The river stripped away my skin
Salt water was my cure for everything
Tears and the ocean

Down on the lake bed
Everything’s safe here
I am embraced by the water
No I am not scared

I should be thankful
I should be happy
But why do I feel they are the lucky ones
Peaceful and buried

My hair is full of flowers
My pockets full of stones
My eyelids sewn together
I’m going back home

Come sleep with me forever
Bathe in eternal light
These tears are only water
Sink, sink into the night

The songs are all gone now
There is no singing
There is no music
There is just being

The cold it is fading away
The fishes they nibble my feet
My body it is clean it is weightless
This is my destiny

I am the night sky
Ashes to sunrise
The thick black under your fingernails
The dust on the moonlight

I am a young soul
My eyes are brand new
Birthed by the ground of the lakebed
I’m ready to see