Saint - Björk, Arca

She always knows when people need stroking

And is attracted to deathbeds and divorces

I dreamt she cared for my dying grandfather

Lying naked face down on his bed

She insists on total presence

And knows how to get through to the rest of us

She has entered me thousandfold often

And undone knots at my most awkward

Music, music loves too

She reaches out to orphans and refugees

Embraces them with thermal blankets

Her favourite childhood moments

Were at a hospital for the disabled

I’ve seen her offer empathy to widows

She attends funerals of strangers

Her strongest memory

Is feeding children with leprosy