Show Yourself - Ayla Nereo

I release you, I receive you

I release you, I receive you

A new life is birthing,

I peek out from potter’s eyes,

peel back the mountains, this surf is a swift one,

it’s a delicate thrashing, this undertow daunting,

the task is at hand, and not a moment too soon.

When doubled and breaking, all wide-eyed and crazy,

you whisper sweet somethings to the one you are saving,

your mirror and likeness, your servant and highness,

the earth in one being, your body the queen.

I do not show this skin for you,

I show myself to know myself,

I show for the earth from which I came,

my prayer is for you to do the same.

I do not show this skin for you,

I show myself to know myself,

I show for the earth from which I came,

my prayer is for you to do the same.

I release you, I receive you

I release you, I receive you

It will take all we’ve got,

it will spread it like comfort,

went out all the insides, and down all the corners,

and when doubled and breaking, all wide-eyed and crazy,

you whisper sweet somethings to the one you are saving,

your mirror and likeness, your servant and highness,

the earth in one being, your body the queen.

Your mirror and likeness, your servant and highness,

the earth in one being, your body the queen.

I do not show this skin for you,

I show myself to know myself,

I show for the earth from which

I came, my prayer is for you to do the same.

I do not show this skin for you,

I show myself to know myself,

I show for the earth from which

I came, my prayer is for you to do the same.

I release you, I receive you

I release you, I receive you