Iris

Irises grow

Where they buried anger

I've always held them sacred

Now, a dangerous truth

If I can't cut the root

I'll always feel I have to prove

That I can hold these grudges

For the others

So they'll love me too

But if the seeds are rotten, are we the rotten fruit?

The damage stretching limb to root

Family bit off more than I can chew

Round the high holidays

Surrounded by all we love, we erase

Become what we've tried to change

Since a child can't choose their name

Those cracks in the walls

Surrounding all that we love and embrace

Since a child we've been made to choose

Can we break this chain

And still hold on to?

'Cause if leaves are lying, are we not lying too?

The problem stretching limb to root

Family bit off more than I can chew

Now I can't chew

When do we work on you?

How it just works on you

And it just works on you

How it just works on you

But if the trees are dying, are we not dying too?

The damage stretching limb to root

Can we break the chain, begin to chew?

Begin to choose?

'Cause if the seeds are rotting, are we not rotting too?

And if the leaves are lying, are we not lying too?

And if the trees are dying, are we not dying too?

Are we not dying too?

Are we not dying too?

We're not dying too

We're not dying too