The boy I was is once again before me

Let him swallow all his fears or take this moment to surrender to affection

An embrace unbidden from a soul I long to hold forever

I have his medicine in my hand and he is mine

A solemn horizon holds my obsolescence

A penitent man will pass where authority drifts away

Be a friend and partner or sit the fuck down, sir

I will lead him til the day he leads me

What am I for if not to catch you when you fall

Why be attached to me at all

My thoughts are scattered, called to be all things to my people

I'm sorry I wasn't there on time today

I pray to nothing and everything you'll be OK by morning