a song you can’t unsing

same colour as ruin

as in take them from home

 as in run songline to dust

same colour as ochre

  as in deep within marrow

as in tied to umbilical

same colour as ocean

 as in expanse to anchor
as in whisper to shore

same colour as silence
as in connective tissue

 as in language body

same colour as sacred

as in name only you know
as in calling from bone
as in never going away again

as in never being taken
as in returning
to you