Brace Yourself - Ceremony

Living from the chest

Living through the day

Under blankets closeted

Behind the shop closing doors

On the rooftops in panel floors

The man remembers easier days

Before death went searching for his pain

Before day troubles before the stint

Hands cracked and calloused from surroundings

Son replaces father when father dies

He eats dead things to stay alive

His wife became widow it didn’t take long

In the stomach was a stone that dropped from her heart

It stayed in her a year until a crack

The weight of her loss put her on her back

Resistance is a place where nothing lasts

The Pacific is a place where nothing lasts

A Pacific made of ash

Brace yourself

Try to stay alive