It's Torn

I see you in windows
 That open so wide
 There's nothing beyond them
 And no one inside
 You kick off your sandals
 And shake out your hair
 The salt on your shoulders
 Like sparks in the air
 There's silt on your ankles
 And sand on your feet
 The river too shallow
 The ocean too deep
 You smile at your suffering
 The sweetest reprieve
 Why did you leave us?
 Why did you leave?
 You kick off your sandals
 And shake out your hair
 It's torn where you're dancing
 It's torn everywhere
 It's torn on the right
 And it's torn on the left
 It's torn in the center
 Which few can accept
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 It's torn where there's beauty
 It's torn where there's death
 It's torn where there's mercy
 But torn somewhat less
 It's torn in the highest
 From kingdom to crown
 The messages fly
 But the network is down
 Bruised at the shoulder
 And cut at the wrist
 The sea rushes home
 To its thimble of mist
 The opposites falter
 The spirals reverse
 And Eve must re-enter
 The sleep of her birth
 And up through the system
 The worlds are withdrawn
 From every dominion
 The mind stood upon
 And now that you told her
 And now that it's done
 The name has no number
 Not even the one
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 Come gather the pieces
 All scattered in loss
 The lie in what's holy
 The light in what's not
 The story's been written
 The letter's been sealed
 You gave me a lily
 But now it's a field
 You kick off your sandals
 And shake out your hair
 It's torn where you're dancing
 It's torn everywhere.