Josh Garrels
Jacaranda Tree
Sitting on porches 
Since Friday while the sky 
Tilts like a watery glass 
We wait for downpours 
A drenching joy 
A carnival sky 
But what I don’t say 
What I can’t say 
Is that with this joy 
Comes a mourning 
Something left behind 
Blue lined, teary 
Mingled 
I move on 
All things will change 
We wait for the rain 
And the promise remains 
Live life fully 
Peeking through fingers 
Slung in our hammocks 
Cocooned 
Skimming the water 
Trapezed above time 
We glide like slingshot angels 
Belly up and 
Floating we see 
The promise in the sky 
Up to Orion’s ribs 
We climb this tree 
And listen 
For our pulse 
All things will change 
We wait for the rain 
And the promise remains 
I flung loosely 
Into that world 
I stayed heavily 
I’ll be a Jacaranda Tree 
In Indiana 
I say 
Greenhoused and sung to 
I pray light will 
Leak from out pockets 
We’ll be drenched, overcome 
At night the fireflies 
Streamers at our sides 
Silent flaming arcs of hope 
All things will change 
We wait for the rain 
And the promise remains
From Paroles Mania