Without the Light - Kelly Joe Phelps

Where my sorrow goes, there I’ll be

Water runs up through my door

And washed me clean of my childhood

Dirt on the floor, a reminder

Well I can’t tell you I’m not at all afraid

Crossing that river again on a boat

Takes in more than it floats on above

And silently moves to the bottom

And nowhere can I draw shadows

But I can see better without the light

Hard times give me your open arms

Make me a pallet to lie down on

And hold me so I won’t try to run away

Cover my eyes for tomorrow

Used to be farther above me

And longer behind and darker and kind