Agnes Lyrics by Anna B Savage
I’m under the soil
curled into a soft moss bed.
She is with me,
arranging ferns overhead.
I watch her hands,
cold, old, stained dark green.
She’s tucking me in,
she’s leaving me over here
over here
over here
There’s magic here.
Top inside out – don’t you fear.
There’s magic here
And she said
“You hooo
Come with me
Anna”
I visit again
desperate to ask if she’s a friend,
but we don’t speak,
she doesn’t seem to notice me.
I watch her move:
a painful back,
she’s weathered storms
and dried feathers and fur wrapped around to hide her form
and keep her warm
keep her warm
There’s magic here.
Top inside out – don’t you fear.
There’s magic here
And she said
“You hooo
Come with me
Anna”
A clearing, a stream, with a little cave beneath,
She ushers me in,
it’s dripping, dank and velvet green.
I squeeze in
barely an inch all around me.
She turns to leave
I ask her
“Will you come see me?
And what’s your name?
What’s your name?
A sense of calm
washes over me.
She says, “Anna, do no harm,
come here any time.
You can come here any time
And it’s
Agnes”
There’s magic here.