Building

We are building on
Spiderwebs

But it is working.

Slowly, slowly
Step only this way,
Careful, careful
This one falls and
That one falls

But we are
Slowly
Slowly
Rising

We are building on
Volcanoes
here

Round the bubbles
And sink holes
Careful here, this
Ground looks stable but it's
Just crust, really, building on red hot
Red hot

We all get burnt
Battle-scars painting songs on
Our faces

But it is working
Slowly
Slowly
We are rising

We are building on ghosts
here
Comrades
Careful of this one’s
Face,
That one’s mouth.

We need to understand
what they need now,

To build them into our
Bricks like graffiti
So they can still sing
So they can still scream
And we can not forget

So we can see them clearly
And lay flowers before them and
Not pretend. Not pretend.

Because this one fell
And that one fell
And tears, tears fell

But we are building.
We are building.