My Own Sanctuary
(shhh) The door was open The room was still
Like it had waited
Like it always will
One breath was hanging in the air
Dust in the light,
a vacant chair
The floor remembered every step
The walls held words we never said
I crossed the line and felt it move
The room became the living proof
I hadn’t found another place
I’d only walked around the shape
Every road became a circle
Every lock became a key
Every mile I put behind me Brought the beginning back to me
Take me back
Where it all begins again
Where the ending opens up
And the broken pieces bend
Take me back Where the future meets the past If we’re only
moving circles Let this first time be the last
Take me back Take me back Where it all begins again
The glass reflected someone new But every outline pointed to you A
distant voice, a second late Repeated what I came to say The
books were burned, the ink was gone Still,
I knew where my name belonged The silence reached across the room
And every shadow started moving
Every road became a circle
Every lock became a key
Every mile I put behind me Brought the beginning back to me
Take me back
Where it all begins again
Where the ending opens up And the broken pieces bend
Take me back Where the future meets the past If we’re only
moving circles Let this first time be the last
If I know what waits behind you
If I know how this will end
If I recognize the warning Why am I reaching out again?
Because the hurt became a language Because the loss became a map
Because I crossed the whole horizon Just to find where we began
No ending
No escape
Only the circle
Only the shape One doorway
One breath
One memory
We haven’t lived yet
Take me back
Where it all begins again
Where the ending opens up
And the broken pieces bend
Take me back Where the future meets the past We were always
moving circles There was never first or last
One breath
One room
One door
Opening into—
(ahhhh) Take me back—