Maria Doyle Kennedy - Mother lyrics

rate me

conduit of blood and stones

food and shells

spells and bones

webs of skin

precious things

ways of being in them

conduit to find you there

sit you down , stroke your hair

tell you how it is you should be feeling

conduit of blood and spells

candle wishes

warning bells

sounds she made when you were born

secret lines of suffering

conduit of skin and bone

sit you down and draw you in

showing you the double edge of keening

and then you fill your house

with things she likes

and you line her way with reminders

you pray her heel upon your floor

and you try so hard to find her

Mother , call down

conduit of blood and rope

tender signs

a lifeboat

shows of kindness

ways of pain

the grace that,s in accepting

conduit of everything early felt and early seen