Hearths - Jeniferever

Paint put on metal, kept in our chests

Flows through these chambers so our hearts glow the same way

We know the chords of our marrows, the pace of each other’s steps

We’re next to kin, feathers of a wing, all of one

Whispers in hallways, creaks from the stairs

Thin glares around doors, we place in wooden chests

Strings stretch out from our backs, drawn in tangled lines

We’re atoms that shine, stars of a sign, all of one

We know the scent that swirls in our tracks

The blaze of our moves, the afterglow that stays

Black dust from our feet turns, turns bright water dark

The grains of salt from our lips turns sweet water hard

We’re feathers of a wing, all of one

We cut marks at points in time, we celebrate with allied

Add new ink to faded letters

The trophies that we collect to hold on to what can’t be kept

Stored deep in hidden vaults, silhouettes of something lost

We’re stars of a sign, all of one

We carve symbols in our timber, split the leaves on every birch

Connect the places within us to homes that we build

We carry treasures filled with tokens of who we are and where we’re from

Veil stones in velvet so they won’t get torn, so they won’t get torn