A person, willowy or firm
Of thought or fortitude
One about so tall
Needn’t think as a single
Leaf or brick or synapse or impulse
Who cannot move at all
Not on a day such as this
As water gleams
As sun shines
Someplace
On this where that we are

A person, willowy or firm
Of thought or fortitude
One about so tall
Needn’t think as a single
Leaf or brick or synapse or impulse
Who cannot move at all
Not on a day such as this
As water gleams
As sun shines
Someplace
On this where that we are

How has the ivory tower
Set itself up there on high
Beyond the plains
Above the mount’
Out of the reach of the sky
When will a true breath be breathed
Brimming with sanity’s sake
Down here on earth
Walking the line
Needing none magic nor quake