Testi Repose - What We Do In Secret, Garrett Russell

Repose

The new life inside of you
Say goodbye to all we knew
Nothing could have prepared us for this
Our children lost in the womb
We will remember
We will remember you
The quiet death
Our broken hearts
Our tears will fall
As we silent mourn
The new life inside of you
Gone now, leaving empty rooms
I wish that I knew what to say or do
I was quiet then, but know this is for you
Spirit
Form and move
Grow, flourish, bloom
Breath, essence, idle sleep
Decline, retreat, cease
Shapeless repose
Stillness
Death: the final repose
The new life inside of you
Gone now, leaving empty rooms
I wish that I knew what to say or do
I was quiet then, but know this is for you
Extrapolate the sun
Climb to God on red-hot rungs
Calloused palms burnt on Sunday qualms
I’m leaning on my wounded god
Sons of daughters, rise and die
Hear me beat, anachronistic heart of mine
I learned every hell has a name
These are the pains we cannot change
So wearing thin, consume my skin
I’ll wear it then
Is this the place where grace comes in?
Bloom, flourish, forgive, repeat
My wounded god, suddenly asleep
The new life inside of you
Gone now, leaving empty rooms
I wish that I knew what to say or do
I was quiet then, but know this is for you
In time, we will grow stronger
But tonight, strength is far from our hands
Life has come
But I think of you so often
Who would you be if we could have known you then?
The quiet death
Our broken hearts