[ti:] Home Life [ar:] Shearwater [al:] ROOK [by:]Howard Wei [00:05.27]Shearwater-Home Life [00:11.60] [00:27.29]By Howard Wei [00:42.81] [00:43.19]when you were a child, [00:48.21]you were a tomboy [00:52.63]and your mother laughed at the serious way [00:56.41]that you looked at her [00:59.95]and from your window at night [01:04.27]there were the star's little fires [01:09.71]and the armory lights [01:13.83] [01:17.72]you were tracing the lines [01:19.51]of a globe with your fingers: [01:27.58]cool rivers, white wastes [01:30.55]desert shores, and the forest green [01:34.61]and a limitless life [01:39.49]in the breath of each tide [01:44.62]and each bright mountain, rising [01:52.21] [02:33.48]but now the boys are away, [02:38.27]and such kicks they are having; [02:43.65]slashing away at the forest walls, [02:46.74]with their bitter knives. [02:49.15]sparks bloom in their eyes, [02:54.40]and they never look tired. [02:59.43]will they never look tired? [03:06.36] [03:07.68]on cliffs that tower from the rising seas [03:11.46]their bonfire glow [03:15.23]where a tiger lies [03:19.02]and, cleaning their weapons, [03:21.44]claws, and all: [03:21.82]they laugh at his useless [03:24.35]it is a beautiful night [03:29.30]to be born to this life [03:34.50]and grind his every bone to powder! [03:45.59] [04:34.79]do you remember [04:44.30]do you remember [04:48.96] [04:56.39]she carried you down to the edge [04:59.31]of the dark river and said: [05:13.82]though the water is wide, [05:18.74]you will never grow tired [05:23.83]you are bound to your life [05:28.84]like a mother and child. [05:33.97]you will cling to your life [05:39.06]like a suckering vine [05:43.98]and like the rest of our kind [05:49.44]you will increase [05:55.52]and increase [06:03.57]past all of our dreaming [06:11.35] [06:24.05]horse without rider [06:33.70]lungs without breathing [06:43.53]day without light [06:51.73]song without singing [07:0