(A) Broad(‘s) Shoulders

Waking on the blue couch, before dawn
Muscles stiff with the fear they remembered

waking on the blue couch before dawn
after a short deep sleep

waking on the blue couch before dawn
muscles stiff with the fear they remembered

but her mind did not

She has broad shoulders
She has a broad’s shoulders

Rising with the dawn
came the memory
came the vision

Rising with the dawn
came the vision
she could stay

Rising with the dawn
turning in the kitchen’s yellow light,
blind to all

it would happen again and again

She has broad shoulders
She has a broad’s shoulders

A broad can only bear so much
if only we knew, if only we’d see

A broad can only bear so much
came the memories, came the vision

A broad can only bear so much
Bare arms bear
No arms

You can’t keep your family safe here

She has broad shoulders
She has a broad’s shoulders

Waking on the blue couch
rising with the dawn
came the memories

Waking on the blue couch
rising with the dawn
came the vision

Waking on the blue couch
before dawn
She rose into that morning

She walked her children out that door.

She has broad shoulders
She has a broad’s shoulders