Earth

I dig ’til my shovel tells a secret Swear to the earth that I will keep it Brush off the dirt And let my change of heart occur. Sold soon after the appraisal The hammer struck the auction table Louder than anything I’ve ever heard. Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house. But I put it out of my mind Long enough to call it courage To live without a lifeline. I bend the definition Of faith to exonerate my blind eye. ’Til the sirens sound I’m safe. Meanwhile my family’s taking shelter. The sparks send the fire down the wire A countdown begins Until the dynamite gives in. The echo as wide as the equator Travels through a world of built up anger- Too late to pull itself together now. Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house. But I put it out of my mind Long enough to call it courage To live without a lifeline. I bend the definition Of faith to exonerate my blind eye. ’Til the sirens sound I’m safe.