This piece of evidence Rendered useless All you kept-under threats-prep Of a burial under a cloud All the chains you broke Evoked the mirth of spring So here they arrived at haven And thought they could stay By this river and breathe free Of a burial under a cloud All the chains you broke Evoked the mirth of spring But hope It dispersed in homes and haunts- Like mercy that is now in pieces There by the promise Broken down by murder Striking life down and harvesting Its own From the earth As it was season making room for Spring itself