Spirited

Our bodies still as photographs
 Beg the ground to swallow us
 And press our lonesome silhouettes into the dirt
 Light reflecting off your face
 Casting colors on your cheeks
 I saw you shining, saw you shining
 Brighter than before
 Autumn bears a bitter song
 Creeping out across the yard
 And weaving through the alder branches overhead
 Of all that is escaping us
 I have never been so certain as today
 When the seasons settle in our lungs
 They'll harden us, they'll cover us in crows
 But cannot wash the laughter from our tongues
 Time is quick to carry on
 Certain as the morning tends to
 Hollow us and turn our words to smoke
 In all that is escaped us
 And all that we could hold in place
 I saw you shining
 Saw you shining
 Brighter than before