Halved light (audiopoem, ballad, song for my mother)

Lyrics and music: Anita Douma Video: Zyvera    / @zyveras   Halved light I watch her softly through the window frame she combs the final strands out of her hair and closes down the evening with a smile the picture trembles slightly out of place Her hand keeps moving in a monotone preparing for the moment of departure light still rests upon her fragile shoulders then slowly slips away from off her skin Outside the walls the night begins to turn it knocks against the cold and trembling glass Chorus I pray that she will stay with me while heaven breathes against the windowpane she kneels beside the fading room in silence and softly taps the answer back to God The room grows thin around her quiet shape the curtains sway like water in the dark every little shadow bends around her as if the house already knows goodbye And all the light keeps drifting from the ceiling slow as dust inside a dying star I hold my breath to keep her in the moment but she is somewhere further than my arms Chorus I pray that she will stay with me while night keeps circling slowly through the glass she kneels beneath the trembling of the heavens and softly taps the answer back to God Chorus I pray that she will stay with me while night keeps circling slowly through the glass she kneels beneath the trembling of the heavens and softly taps the answer back to God she taps her answer back to God…