7.02.2015

remember that time we all watched a guy walk a tightrope over the grand canyon on live tv

my tears and
her tears and
his tears and
their tears
cut their way through my heart

and now there's a groove deep enough
to call the grand canyon

and god cried so much for years
about my tears and
her tears and
his tears and 
their tears

that he created a groove deep enough
to call the grand canyon

and it's grand.
oh, it's grand.

grand enough that people walk tightropes over it
and a "grand" nation
glues its eyes to a screen
hoping those people don't fall and 
hoping those people fall
and god cries some more
because he didn't want anyone to hope that they fall

and those people will make it across in one piece
and a "grand" nation 
will sigh
in relief
in disappointment

and god 
will sigh
in relief
in disappointment

and i will walk across the grand canyon
cut into my heart
and no one
in this "grand" nation
will be glued to a screen

because they'll be busy walking across a tightrope
over their own grand canyon
cut into them by a "grand" nation
and every time they make it across
they'll sigh
in relief
in disappointment

and god's tears will cut deeper into the grand canyon
because he was the one that created this "grand" nation
that half hopes it falls into its own grand canyon
because he was the one that created this "grand" nation
glued to a screen
half hoping that people will fall into god's grand canyon

and it's "grand".
oh, it's "grand".


--erin


3 comments:

  1. so creative. i never would have thought of this god crying to create the grand canyon. you make me want to write. also, text me when you get back from cali.

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  2. they'll sigh
    in relief
    in disappointment

    Truly, though. You're completely right

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  3. they'll sigh
    in relief
    in disappointment

    Truly, though. You're completely right

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