Lyrics

The brackish roots of river pine Anchored in my curving spine Bend to the whims of wind's design And I lay down at your side Above the brine of reeds and clay A swollen angel oaks bouquet In the red wing blackbirds eyes of grey A saltwater tear resides But the sand and the earthen parapet Silts into this rivulet The bluffs and the banks will soon forget A single tear was cried And in this spawning ground it blooms The nectar and the petal blooms A purple swallow now exhumed From the river that has died The crimson of rinoculous Gardenia and dianthus The bloodless ivory water-lotus Sweetly opens wide Oh Without a voice left to sing With waterlogged and heavy wing Peaceful eyes, unsuffering A pigeon floats in the tide