I didn’t go on long journeys
my years had taken up root and were trees
my heart was dressed with leaves
and were left to bloom on the stone
I didn’t go on long journeys
the people who I loved were forests
my friends were moons and seas
my heart thirsted to find them
My longest journey was you
you were the night, a daydream
my small homeland, body, and beginning
you were my earth, the air I breathe
I didn’t go on long journeys
my heart traveled and that was enough
in dreams in watery feelings
to breathe the secret of the world
My longest journey was you
you were the night, a daydream
my small homeland, body, and beginning
you were my earth, the air I breathe