Faults Waltz

I’ve noticed the stars, if you stare long enough

Will dance a celestial waltz

I’d never have noted their dizzying sway

If I hadn’t been under them, focused on faults

One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one.

I sat and I stared and I waited for signs

And I heard the wind begin to hum

Like a flute through the trees, a melodious breeze

And my eyelashes fluttered, unwavering drums

One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one.

I saw ghosts in the shadows that curtsied and bowed

As they became one with the sky

One offered his hand as they struck up the band

So I danced with the man in the daisy bowtie

One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one.

I remember a woman, her dress made of wheat

And another with bracelets of light

And a young girl and boy brought such natural joy

That my faults were forgotten, tossed into the night

One, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one.

It was then the song ended, the whole world was still

As if it had been carved out of stone

And I knew of my worth in this spectral rebirth

I would never again face my faults on my own.