Say Grace-Babette Hayward

[00:15.17]Why don’t you say grace, [00:19.97]from across the table [00:24.98]Eyes closed give thanks [00:29.42]Fingers all entwined, [00:33.88]Amen whispers through the flames [00:38.97]I love this kin of mine [00:43.65]But what good have I done to deserve it. [01:00.33]when everything feels foreign [01:04.89]and you don’t recognize yourself [01:09.85]go back to the table [01:14.10]remember familiar smells [01:18.95]the comfort of imperfection [01:24.04]the beauty of their yells [01:28.65]but I don’ think I deserve their affections [01:45.63]blackbird hits the window [01:49.88]as she held my hand and said [01:54.83]in a year or so [01:58.74]I’ll be lowered to the dirt [02:03.67]And you’ll visit occasionally [02:08.78]like a rose growing from the earth [02:13.97]your beauty will bless the breeze [02:18.81]through the mountains, the trees and the sea [02:23.79]and once in a while whisk by me [02:32.55]go on , go on, [02:37.56]this name will carry on [02:42.63]go on, go on, [02:46.27]in our children’s children’s blood [02:51.20]in our children’s children’s blood [02:56.11]in our children’s children’s blood