Be here, be there, be laid bare
A landline
A lifeline
To exactly where we came from
We use our mother tongue
To reach back down the umbilical cord
To call, fall, crawl into an empty belly
Separate, don’t obliterate
We belong to both
We belong to both here and there
Recollect
Reconnect
To exactly where our bodies began
Play our favourite song
Hear the beat bounce back from the street
Where we take our turn, learn, pay as we earn
Correlate, don’t eradicate
We belong to both
// We’ll run dry, we’ll run dry, we’ll run dry //
Be here, be there, be one
Separate, don’t obliterate
We belong
// We were born bolder than this or than this
Can we go golden to gather, to give? //
Be here, be there, be laid bare
Get told
Take hold
Of exactly where we lost track
We bring those echoes back
To throats that call over sea walls
For borderless orderless coordinates
Navigate, don’t dissipate
We belong to both
// We’ll run dry, we’ll run dry, we’ll run dry //
Be here, be there, beyond
Separate, don’t obliterate
We belong
// We were born bolder than this or than this
Can we go golden to gather, to give? //
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