The Keep

of a loved one’s heart
Or the breeze that brushes weathered shapes
In the tails of cuts out in the sun
Just the constant ever-present turn
Of the curvature that we stand upon
Or the temper of the hairdryers
That drone along in tune with the universe
All I hear are the clanging
Of the carnivores caught on the
And the rumble of the supertankers
All blowing out distant leagues
In the rusty hollow tangled
that hang in the abattoir
Hear its lonely voice, it cries for the future
Now, for a future of any kind
I feel for your fingers in the dark
But I can’t see the path that lies ahead
I point a battery-powered torch
But it disappears into the void
I feel for your fingers in the dark
But I can’t see the path that lies ahead
I point a battery-powered torch
But it’s shining into darkness
The keeper in me, the keeper in you
Will keep persevering until we get through
To all the light that the door
The keeper in me, the keeper in you
Will keep persevering until we get through
To all the light that the door
The keeper in me, the keeper in you
Will keep persevering until we get through
To all the light that the door