I am the flaw in the tea-bowl

I will not dance death

I will not lie down here in peace

And release my last breath

All of our hopes have been cast on the reefs and are gone

Still my salt blood reaches out for the sky

Still my warm song touches notes clear and high

Outward I go and I know I will fly a new dawn



Chorus:	 Starship and Haiku

	 Dying hate and living love

	 Reach beyond our sin



	 Starship and Haiku

	 One last flawed reminder of

	 All we might have been



I am a discord in deathsong I cannot be still

I am an infinite paean a permanent trill

I am a leap to the stars I am song to the sky

Always I shun the bleak burial grounds

Always I listen for life's vibrant sounds

Always my hollow-reed heartbeat resounds with its cry



Chorus



Repeat Verse 1







Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 1984 Kathy Mar