Glow We Move

Not yet,

not yet

Light the lamps

Then let them in

One house

held the whole of the night

Every room, every key,

one

light Now we raise

another by

its side Same beams,

same

hands, same stride

Wait till it's ready Then let them in Light every lamp Then

let them in

The door used to swing before the lamps were lit

Late ones in the dark found no bed in it

Now the latch holds steady till the rooms are warm

Walking in from the cold,

they're out of the storm

Wait till it's ready

Then let them in

Light every lamp

Then let them in

Words carved over a door

you don't correct them

not even the crooked one

somebody read it on their way home

so you keep it as it is

Fold the cloth once,

fold it again

All those tries pressed down to a few clean seams

Other eyes read the stitches through the night

Found the loose thread,

tied it tight

Wait till it's ready Then let them in

Light every lamp

Then let them in

Wait till it's ready

Then let them in Light every lamp

Then let them in

Two houses breathing

Lamps all lit

Wait till it's ready

Not yet,

not yet

Now