We Forgot - Ayla Nereo

Sun leaves the day

We forgot our bones till we’re kissed with the breathless

Cold, and the light

We forgot these colors die with the darkness

Dark, in the dark…

Faith, run away

I have chosen to be bound by these towers

Saved it is safe

We forgot the shape of the question still forming

Blind, it is blind

Keep me safe these castles

Feeling feels fearsome bold

It is bold, and I hold the rungs

Of the ladder I’m climbing in the

Dark — in the dark

We forgot these colors die without the light

This is light

We forgot to look till we see only absence

Sitting before the moon

She asked for a vision

Bless me with sight

And all came in swift and soon

Words to the wisdom

Blessings of tongue

And tangled ‘tween life and grave

Grave was the pulling

Life was she calling

Tangled ‘tween life and grave

Allowing herself to become all her fears

At once was she life and grave

Allowing herself to become all her fears

At once was she life and grave

Allowing herself to become…

Sun leaves the day

We forgot our bones till we’re kissed with the breathless

Cold, and the light

We forgot to look till we see only absence

Dark, in the dark

We forgot these colors die without the light

This is light

We forgot the shape of the question still forming