(You Are) Coming Alive

from A Collection of Unfinished Sketches by Aaron J. Shay

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Feel the carpet under your feet
Feel the cold and feel the heat
Feel the texture of the stairs
Voices vibrate in the air
Feel the tiny hairs on my hand
Now you can
Now you can

Feel the chill of concrete
Hear the noises of the street
The flash of lightning in the sky
Hear the planet as it sighs,
Will you come to understand?
Now you can
Now you can

You are coming alive
You will open your eyes
You are coming alive

Do you hear it?
Do you see it?
Do you feel it?
Do you? Do you?

Flex your fingers, lift your arms
Feel the sun, face the storm
You were made to be young
Without heart and without lung
You may struggle and strive
But you are coming alive
You will open your eyes
There's no better time to arrive
You are coming alive
You are coming alive
You are coming alive

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from A Collection of Unfinished Sketches, released January 1, 2013

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Aaron J. Shay Seattle, Washington

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Sci-fi storyteller and banjo balladeer. I believe in the good kind of apocalypse.

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