Poet on a Tree

Verse 1

Rivers run ragged

Bare branches biting blue sky

Still I sit—just me

All afternoon—high

Waiting for words I can’t catch

Crows cackle, cold with desire

Sunlight sifts, finds my faded coat

Pages littered, quiet as fire

A single leaf—the wind forgives

Old orchard, applecore dreams

Silence sags, never gives

Poet on a tree

Chorus: Duet

Let me stay, let me stay

Outside time, above the clay

Where the roots twist sorrow deep

And these longing lines won’t keep

Let me stay, let me stay

Verse 2

You call from the clover below

Footsteps fold falling dust

Maybe you know, maybe you don’t

My words spill, fear and rust

Winter's hush, honeyed with doubt

Hard hearts, knuckles turn white

Try to shout, but all that comes out

Is the wind in the night

Once I carved a name on bark

Found it blurred by rain

Now my stories lose their spark

Still, I remain

Chorus: Duet

Let me stay, let me stay

Outside time, above the clay

Where the roots twist sorrow deep

And these longing lines won’t keep

Let me stay, let me stay

Bridge

No ladder, no reason, no plea

If you see me, just let me be

A scarecrow with ink on his skin

A shadow lost in the wind

In the wind

Chorus: Duet

Let me stay, let me stay

Outside time, above the clay

Where the roots twist sorrow deep

And these longing lines won’t keep

Let me stay, let me stay

Outro

Poet on a tree

Just a poet, on a tree