How Alive (Poem) Lyrics by Wade Forster
I would dig my fingers through the earth
And lift forests by their roots
Just to find my way back to this
This breathtaking exhausting work
My muscles ache
My soul feels worn
A beautiful heavy weight to carry
But I am not broken
I am only deep
In the midst of a dream
I fought to keep
How alive I am to be this tired
To have chased the flame until it burned
To have given all my strength away
For a love that returns with every day
It’s a privilege to be this weary
A sacred sight at the end of night
Loving it still with all I have left
Until the morning brings back the light
And maybe one day this quiet fire will grow
Not just a glow we guard but the one we show
A love that stretches past the work and the strain
That breathes in joy, as deeply as in pain
None less of this but more what we could be
A wider sky
How much deeper
We will see
