Common Miracle

There will be a sudden silence
Where before there was a voice
There'll be just enough of absence
Two hundred pounds or so

But her skin and bones are altered
All is different now
It is such a common miracle
It happens all the time

It was not an old man cleary
And you had no special skills
Except for fingertips and eyelids
Bruised with life and living

But her skin and bones are altered
All is different now
It is such a common miracle
It happens all the time

It reflected life like all things
And it was a lot like love
But its absence seems so small here
Barely flickers on my skin

But her skin and bones are altered
All is different now
It is such a common miracle
It happens all the time