Feathers of Dawn

When the first breath of morning brushes the glass

I let my heart rise where the night cannot pass

Your name is a feather caught in the wind

It floats through my veins and it never grows thin

And the sky opens wide like a hand reaching down

Inviting the quiet to wear a new crown

Feathers of dawn, lift me into the gold

Where the edges of sorrow are soft and unfold

Carry my silence to places unknown

Where every lost heartbeat finds its way home

Feathers of dawn… take me whole

There are rivers of starlight under my skin

Flowing in circles where healing begins

Each scar is a wing that the darkness once broke

Now they shimmer in colors no shadow can cloak

And the clouds part like curtains of pearl and of blue

Saying come closer, there’s still more of you

Feathers of dawn, lift me into the gold

Where the edges of sorrow are soft and unfold

Carry my silence to places unknown

Where every lost heartbeat finds its way home

Feathers of dawn… take me whole

Ahhh… higher… higher still

Let the weight of the world turn into morning mist

Ahhh… lighter… lighter now

Every tear becomes a star that the night can’t resist

(voices layer and ascend in gentle waves)

Feathers of dawn, gather us into the light

Mend every fracture with threads of pure white

Lift every soul that forgot how to fly

Whisper forever… we never will die

Feathers of dawn… we are home

… feathers… of dawn…

(very long reverb fade, last piano note hanging like morning dew)