Skin And Wind Is a Mind Bend

Let’s see where the water goes
What the flow knows about getting wet
A rainstorm of righteousness
Is dripping from the ceiling, yet
Do not fix that leak
It’s all we have to quench the thirst
Of the need to be known
The need to be heard

Sunshine is a fine wine
When the heart is full and beautiful
But hey now, not every soul on earth
Knows the cloudless sky
I say to myself, don’t you dare ever think
What you see will always be
As it is even now in the summer of ‘20
When you’ve still got more than plenty

Time to listen, time to follow
Time to not tread lightly, every night we
Pray and walk the floor
In a vision we see
A hammer and a helping hand
To break the chain, heal the land
And for rain and sun upon good seed
Every one of them a hope
Every one of them a need

There is a wind an untitled wind
A friend to every color of skin
A life-giving hurricane
A just and holy rain
Let’s see where the water goes
What the wind knows
I have lived to see every dream
I ever had when young and full of promise
No clever scheme, no sleight of hand
No well thought out plan
Grace you say, okay
But skin and wind is a mind-bend
Skin and wind is a mind bend
Skin and wind is a mind bend
Skin and wind is a mind bend

Truth and consequence
A boxer in the ring
A prophet and poet
A fundamental thing
History and mystery
A woman at the well
A stranger, no danger
Now go, this time you can tell