Stick upon Stick - The Lonely Forest

Stick upon stick

Held tight and slick

Building a house for her young

Life underwater is chilly and dim

Behind the dam wall snakes a river of sin

It’s fast and it’s thick but she’ll never give in

Down came her tail when the boy learned to swim

He’ll be taken for sure by wolves or a bear

Off in a dark wood dying bloodied and bare

Meanwhile the son swimming fast and strong

Had scars on his back, his strength was never gone

But alive and living he remained

Everything new and beautiful

The scars were more evidence of the

Freedom he felt in his life

But not in his heart