How's the Heart?

We see a mother with no child We meet a stranger poor, exiled How’s the heart while it still beats? Asks a no-one Another John Doe Sorrow hides well in your shell A fellow man with hurt to spare Dear one, Here I am to share the fear An act of kindness Without an amen How’s the heart Underneath the silence? How’s the one Drowning in the mire? Let us sound a human paean Come in, the fire’s warm Burn the rope and dance some more We met where the cliff greets the sea Shared a story, took the leap Rose up rooted, hid a note You know where You’ve been there Now there’s one who came from me A child of light, another tale Dear one, Night will come but not to stay Why? The answer’s in the Fair winds my love Fly towards the calm Fly utterly lost Towards a beating heart How is that heart Underneath the silence? How is the one Drowning in the mire? Let us sound a human paean Come on in, the fire’s warm Dull the blade and dance some more