Hiding in the dying ember buried in your head echo of the specter's whisper swept under the bed something slightly off about the words she said
'I'm an eager vessel waiting to believe' 'I am the antenna ready to receive' She's a simple sponge, and easy to deceive
Small, unspoiled child waiting by the stair staring up to heaven, who will lead her there? Slowly she's discovering no one's there
Some subversive seed, a cynic's notion - death's aperitif set this child to reason, accidentally pave the path to grief Now her notion's skipped the boundary into mass belief
Diving in, unguided, in relentless search for 'real' not equipped to handle all the logic she'd reveal Science found her answer, now no one feels
Wholeness skips horizons beyond where we can see we put our faith in her, but she is us - and who are we but a skeptic's generation waiting to believe