Come back from the city, love
Where has your spirit gone
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Why did you leave
What did you leave

It's in the rain
In the trees
In the weedy stones
In the cycle of floods
In the churning swell 
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Beneath the tangled peach tree
Where rotting fruit grows tadpoles
In the overflowing jump-off
Where you learned to breathe
Between rushing waterfalls
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Will you leave
When will you leave
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What did you leave
In the tumbled stones
A breath, a tear, a scratch of blood 
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Whatever it was
It spawns every springtime
As the water clears again
And waits patiently, nestled
In amongst the mat-rush
For you to come home