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Move Away

from Three by Nathaniel Bellows

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MOVE AWAY

We should move away
aim away from here
only a fool would stay
if just to eat for free

We should move away
not escape, but leave
I never knew a place
could both besiege
and heal

Can I say this?
Take all we saved as kids
just leave those years
of innocence

Do you follow this?
I cobbled it
from hollowing out
my years
At the heart of it
is a solipcist
an apologist
a seer
Would you stay here
if they said: "Truce, I'm sorry, too."
Could you say, then,
"Here, I made this beauty
from these wounds"

We should move away
"So, how do you see a home?"
"Oh, I just assumed one day
it would just appear,
like a dream"

Can I say this?
I'll miss the sense
of sense:
The seeing: The morning born in mist
The hearing: The magpie in the mint
The feeling: The downpour drowning skin

Do you follow this?
Like the pollen lifts
from the pond and drifts
unseen?
Take the fallen limbs and that
willow swing
to burn, to signal me.
Could you stay here if they said,
"Truce, comes home to roost."
Could you say then, "Here,
I knew this beauty
could still bloom."
Are we wayward or clear?
Am I paid for or due?
If you take me from here
will I be someone new?

We should move away
"Stay…."
Because
all I've loved
I love,
I'll love
is here

It's here

credits

from Three, released December 11, 2020
Nathaniel Bellows: Acoustic guitar; vocals
Malcolm Burn: Piano
Jane Scarpantoni: Cello

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