Muscle & Bone Paroles

helium in a red balloon
in a toddler's fist
lighter than empty words.

Stop signs and grocery lines, I'm waiting
I’m waiting to feel home
Bedtimes and simple rhymes, I'm sated
Just to be muscle and bone.

If I lie around
only birds in the absence of sound
will it
bring me back?

I am heavy spring rain
Earthbound, but I hit the ground and
evaporate
smells like life again.

Stop signs and grocery lines, I'm waiting If I sing right here
only waves and fireflies to hear
will it
bring me back?