"How Alive (Poem)" lyrics

I would dig my fingers through the earth
And lift forests by their roots
Just to find my way back to this
This breathtaking exhausting work

My muscles ache
My soul feels worn
A beautiful heavy weight to carry
But I am not broken
I am only deep
In the midst of a dream
I fought to keep

How alive I am to be this tired
To have chased the flame until it burned
To have given all my strength away
For a love that returns with every day

It's a privilege to be this weary
A sacred sight at the end of night
Loving it still with all I have left
Until the morning brings back the light

And maybe one day this quiet fire will grow
Not just a glow we guard but the one we show
A love that stretches past the work and the strain
That breathes in joy, as deeply as in pain

None less of this but more what we could be
A wider sky
How much deeper
We will see