We Sing Until the Lights Go Out
A Poem
beat, beat, beat —
that’s the rhythm that calls you home
beat, beat, beat —
it’s a song you know deep in your bones
beat, beat, beat —
we’ve always known the way, haven’t we?
yet the tone grows softer, softer,
till we’re dancing to the silence of shadows
but we keep on going, never stopping,
and we won’t go home till you’re back with us
it’s the history — the thrum of blood in our veins —
this tree with roots that go back generations
beat, beat, beat —
sing it loud, sing it proud
beat, beat, beat —
you haven’t lost your way
beat, beat, beat —
there’s a nation standing behind you
let me raise my voice up high
and call you back to me
hear me, hear me, please, I pray —
so that you’ll know the way back home
it’s not over, we’re not done yet,
because this story’s still unwinding
