Luckiest Person Alive

from riverrun by Jeff Symonds

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by Jeff Symonds

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I have to whisper this melody to myself
Or I’ll wake the family up
They’re all asleep ‘round me in this hotel room
It takes Will about two minutes to fall asleep
It always takes Bee half the night
So I ghost-hum this little tune
And Suz is only half-asleep
The good parents always are
She’s half-aware that I’m up again
She’s used to my pacing
My incessant waking
The night’s always been my worst friend
But the sound of this room is peaceful
These people are mine and I’m theirs
And tomorrow we’ll get up and pack the car
And settle our hotel affairs
And we’ll drive across desert
and up and down mountains
To the little home that’s become mine
And I’ll be
the luckiest person alive
I was raised to take care of broken things
That’s just what my people do
Even when they end up breaking you
I brought home a few birds with broken wings
And nursed them back to health
But those birds just injured themselves
And I’d given up on happiness
Whatever I thought that meant
So these people around me are heaven-sent
And we finally pull up to the front door
And everyone stretches and stirs
And we stumble out with our bags and things
And pile them all up on the curb
Will puts an arm ‘round his sister
Suz brushes the hair from her face
And the air is cool and there’s nothing to do
But be there together in space
These are the moments when life is happening
I’ve learned not just to survive
And I am
the luckiest person alive
I am
the luckiest person alive

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from riverrun, released December 18, 2020
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