a woman is thrown (x3)

this is the sound of falling words
taken from the beginning

there are reasons to be thrown
from the pier at night
or possibly the cliffs
at the far end of town
or turned to stone
and buried beneath the sea
dragged down
by guilt and heroics

there are reasons
to go fishing
or rape your sister
open your gifts early
and kiss the serpent child
or heed the ravings of a mad virgin
and dive into pavement
from seven stories up
and three wide

there is only the wisdom, she carries a mountain
there is only a mountain and no reason

there is nothing
and nothing has been learned
and nothing under or above
and nothing before
nothing after
only air

and there are reasons to be known
after you are gone

and there are reasons to be thrown
after you fall

to get up and fall again
to get up and fall

and fall again