Telluride

Do you tell him everything you told me

As you lie beneath the pine cones, sweating?

Does he count the times you breathe?

Is your arm stretched across his stomach

Naked skin against your hand

As you smoke one thousand cigarettes

And forget me once again?

Do you reach your hand below your navel?

Do you feel familiar scars?

Some are heavier than others

From bowry street and bars

To first snows in asheville

Getting groceries in the cold

And a hundred camel lights between here and colorado

You were always mine

It's been such a long time

I've kept you waiting

Late at night I hear you crying

You know that I don't sleep

I'm pacing quietly above you

And I'm drying off your cheek

You might think that you don't know me

But you haven't kept me waiting

You always were my daughter even when you said you hated me

The clock, it ticks in circles

It stays in perfect time

I've counted every single hair

You were always mine

Farther than my eyes could see

Farther than my feet could carry me

Farther than my arms could reach

Oh, god, am I so weak?