Vortex Rebirth

One step in and the daylight runs

Barely a breath and the whole week’s gone

She came here young with the dust on her shoes A name

half-made and a heart full of bruise Morning broke once then the

years cut through Girl at the gate,

woman by noon Faces all turn when the ground starts to bend

Hours get swallowed and they never descend Everybody feels it the second

they land Still they come back with their lives in their hands

The clock won’t hold,

the air won’t stay Days go thin and fade away You feel

the pull under your skin Lose one breath,

lose years within

We’re caught in the turning Days into minutes,

hearts still burning One step here and you feel that spin Time

takes hold and it pulls you in Nobody leaves it under control

They run from the edge

then come back to the hole

She learned real fast how the place makes saints lie How a

soft little promise can age overnight Lovers walk in with a laugh

on their lips Come out worn down with whole worlds they missed

Old men shiver with the look of a child Young blood talks

like they’ve marched every mile They swear they are done,

they swear it’s the last Then they turn right back for another

collapse There’s a hunger in the pull There’s a fever in the

rush

If it steals your living years Why do we love it so

much

We’re caught in the turning Days into minutes,

hearts still burning One step here and you feel that spin

Time takes hold and it pulls you in Everybody knows and they

still come close Can’t stay away from the mouth of the rose

Come back again, come back too soon Girl in the morning,

woman by noon