Brace ███ ██████ (████ A Little)

by L.M. Cole

Selected by Frances Klein

One day you wake up
And this life will be over
every party must break up
For burdens to shoulder
we're dying to live
Living to die
No matter what you believe
And all of us cry
for the ones we must leave

So go and live a little
bone turns brittle
And skin withers before your eyes
Make sure you give a little
Before you go to the great unknown in the sky

Some will beg for forgiveness
from someone above
For something they did
To someone they love
Some scream like a baby
some go out crying
Some bid the world goodbye
And welcome to die

go out and live a little
Bone turns brittle
And skin withers before your eyes
Make sure you give a little
Before you go to the great unknown in the sky

brace a little

you will be every
burden we’re dying
for

leave a little bone
before the unknown

forgiveness from above

some go out
to die

o,
little brittle

sky

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/s/sturgillsimpsonlyrics/asailorsguidetoearthalbumlyrics.html

L.M. Cole is a proud former temporary JAKE, a poet and an artist residing in North Carolina. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming with JAKE, Roi Faineant, The Bitchin' Kitsch, Corporeal, The Pinch Journal and others. She can be found on Twitter @_scoops__