I said to the the sun 'Tell me about the big bang' The sun said 'It hurts to become - Andrea Gibson

I started wishing on the stars in the sky instead.
I said to the sun, tell me about the big bang.
The sun said, ‘It hurts to become.

Brave
Is a hand-me-down suit from
Terrified as hell

Let me say right now for the record,
I’m still going to be here
asking this world to dance,
even if it keeps stepping on my holy feet.

You, you stay here with me, okay?
You stay here with me.

Raising your bite against the bitter dark,
your bright longing,
your brilliant fists of loss.
Friend, if the only thing we have to gain in staying is each other,
my god that is plenty
my god that is enough
my god that is so so much for the light to give
each of us at each other’s backs
whispering over and over and over,
“Live. Live. Live.