Earth is a sieve

The earth is a sieve it leaks and it spills
Dust in my shoes the grind never stills
I tripped on a star fell through the cracks
Searching for meaning in the sky’s black tracks


Every drop escapes the weave
Every soul has space to grieve


If you don’t stumble if you don’t fall
Life after death might answer it all
The sieve keeps turning it won’t stand still
Catch what you can or lose the thrill


The wind whispers secrets it cannot keep
The trees stretch their arms but roots run deep
The mountains erode their crowns fall down
The earth just laughs in a gravel sound


Sift through the moments sift through the pain
What’s left behind is what will remain
A pebble a seed a spark in the dark
Life after death is the flame from the spark


If you don’t stumble if you don’t fall
Life after death might answer it all
The sieve keeps turning it won’t stand still
Catch what you can or lose the thrill