What happens when somebody sees you When they show up with the fire that feeds you When they fill up the spaces Singing your praises Trying to please you And they fill every hour of the time Saying how much they need you What happens when somebody sees you

Every moment of a life Spent being a lover, a mother, a wife Giving yourself to everyone else As a matter of course And the trenches run so deep You dig them even in your sleep There’s a voice that is coming from somewhere But you can’t find the source

All of the things that you love the most The parts that you hold so very close Are all disappearing, like you were a ghost Guess that’s how it goes, but

What happens when somebody sees you?

It’s that heavenly moment when You realize how hungry you have been And you finally get to eat again But the fruit is forbidden So you take the troubling seeds Along with all the secret needs And you bury them all in the backyard And keep them all hidden

But the yearning’s still burning inside And it’s a damn hard thing to hide Little seedlings reaching for the sky And still you try