Inspired By

from Whisper by Sonja Malton

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Yesterday I saw a man
A man I had seen every day before yesterday and
He offered me his hand
But I refused to recognize his face
So he went away
But what good came from staying still?
There was so much there to fill me
But I didn't know I was empty

Yesterday I wore my shoes
To walk a floor I've walked a hundred times before but
It did not want me to stay
'Cause my shoes were getting in the way
Of hearing what it had to say to me
So I left it be

Yesterday I let go one big sigh and saw a city fall down
And I said "Wow, look how big I am!"
Inspired by just how tall it seemed that I could stand
I thought I was the sky
Then I cried when there was nowhere safe to land

Yesterday I watched my mother smile
Telling stories through her open arms and open eyes and
Suddenly, well there was the sky, there was the world
And then there was I
Just a crying little girl
Inspired by her open eyes I held her hand
And I said "Wow mum, look how small I am"

Last night I dreamed I found my wide and wond'ring baby eyes
When I opened them to see the morning sky
As it had never looked before
I took his hand, he smiled, and we ran barefoot for a while
And sang the music booming from the floor

Today I said "hello"
To someone that I did not know
Looking through my mother's eyes I'm inspired by
The too-long while it took to see
The world is bigger than me.

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from Whisper, released January 29, 2014

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