Jacaranda Tree

[Verse 1]
Sitting on porches
Since Friday while the sky
Tilts like a watery glass
We wait for downpours
A drenching joy
A carnival sky

[Verse 2]
But what I don’t say
What I can’t say
Is that with this joy
Comes a mourning

[Chorus]
Something left behind
Blue lined, teary
Mingled
I move on

[Verse 3]
All things will change
We wait for the rain
And the promise remains

[Verse 4]
Live life fully
Peeking through fingers
Slung in our hammocks
Cocooned
Skimming the water
Trapezed above time
We glide like slingshot angels

[Verse 5]
Belly up and
Floating we see
The promise in the sky
Up to Orion’s ribs
We climb this tree
And listen
For our pulse

[Bridge]
All things will change
We wait for the rain
And the promise remains

[Post-Chorus]
I flung loosely
Into that world
I stayed heavily
I’ll be a Jacaranda Tree
In Indiana
I say
Green-housed and sung to

[Verse 6]
I pray light will
Leak from out pockets
We’ll be drenched, overcome
At night the fireflies
Streamers at our sides
Silent flaming arcs of hope

[Bridge] (2x)
All things will change
We wait for the rain
And the promise remains