Counting Up Your Bones

My bones fall in

My bones fall out

You're cool as silk

Beside my heart

Your bones glide in

A silent tear that mingles marrow when you disappear

A dance we weave beneath our skin

I keep you in me where the breath had been

I can hear them laugh and call me minnow

Carrying on, coughing on my bones

But I'm counting up your bones

I'm counting up your bones

Inside of me

Inside of me

Inside of me

Inside of me

Your bones fall in

Your bones fall out

I'm cool as silk

Beside your heart

A dance we weave beneath our skin

I keep you in me where the breath had been

Why's a minnow washing out the linen

Tumbling and left out to dry alone

I'm counting up your bones