Less

When you leave it doesn't hurt me
It doesn't hurt me so much as it heals
Less a love than an idea
An idea I had
Those are the shadows I keep walking through
Over the mystics I've stopped looking to
Grateful for nothing and nothing we lose

How can I say what is missing
What is missing when language is gone
Less a love than a delay
A delay in the end
Listening for voices when only you heard
Trusting they're certain when no one is sure
Desperate for feeling collecting your words

Image of faith but it is burning
It is burning a hole in my hand
Less a prayer than a reminder
A reminder to go
Circling back to make life where I stand
Hold up your memory any way that I can
Claiming the thread of the life you began
Claiming the thread of the life you began