Daguerreotype Eyes

from Cleanup Duty by Mattie Konig

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Sometimes progress seems so very pointless
When the paths you take all lead back to the start
When the fields you tend are being burned up
And the smoke chokes up your heart

But the truth is there was nothing missing
All along the love you sought was there inside
Maybe change’s tears feel more like dying
But don’t newborns also cry

Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes

Sometimes reconstruction seems so frightening
Like you don’t know how your pieces fit together
Like it would be easier to start clean
And just let them go forever

But the truth is you can find your best self
Without giving up the joys of selves so old
Maybe you can’t hide the obvious cracks
But they’ve been filled in with gold

Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes

What’s enlightenment
When you’re adamant
That you can’t find
Strength for the soul
Courage to keep you whole
Or some peace of mind

Overcoming trials
Always takes a while
Don’t rush this time
It’s always dawning
Venerable morning
The first day of the rest of your life

It’s a miracle
It’s a pinnacle
It’s a place to call home
Always there to welcome you no matter how far you roam
Unbelievable
Undefeatable
It’s a glorious sight
Oh it is the inner light

Something beautiful
Something wonderful
Something coming to life
See it plough through artifice and recontextualise strife
How it’s blossoming
How it’s flourishing
Making work of the lies
There behind your daguerreotype eyes

Sleep easy now
Sleep easy now
Sleep easy now

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from Cleanup Duty, released January 14, 2022

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