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There
was an old soul swallowing small fears
One after one to quiet the air
A fly is the thought that won't sit still
A tiny dark worry against your will She takes it in so
the room
stays calm Hides the sting in the hollow of her palm Then
comes the spider, a story to spin
A web of reasons to cover what's within
One cure for another,
one weight for the ache A ladder of choices that bend till
they break Tell me what hunger is asking for more
She swallowed the fly to master the fear Swallowed the night just
to keep it near
Layer on layer till the truth goes numb Holding the storm where
the wild notes hum What are we feeding when comfort comes What
are we hiding when comfort comes The bird is a promise of
rising above The cat is the mask of a fierce kind of
love The dog is the noise of a heart on defense The
goat is the burden that jumps every fence The cow is the
world, too heavy to hold The horse is the end of the
tale we've been told
Maybe the rhyme is a map of our pain How we keep
adding names to the same old chain
Maybe she wanted a silence so deep She swallowed the world and
lost her sleep She swallowed the fly to master the fear Swallowed
the night just to keep it near Layer on layer till the
truth goes numb
Holding the storm where the wild notes hum What are we feeding
when comfort comes What are we hiding when comfort
comes
There was an old soul
under the skin
Trying to heal by taking it in