Half Acre

I am holding half an acre

Torn from the map of Michigan

And folded in this scrap of paper

Is a land I grew inThink of every town you've lived in

Every room, you lay your head

And what is it that you remember?Do you carry every sadness with you

Every hour your heart was broken

Every night the fear and darkness

Lay down with youA man is walking on the highway

A woman stares out at the sea

And light is only now just breakingSo we carry every sadness with us

Every hour our heart were broken

Every night the fear and darkness

Lay down with usBut I am holding half an acre

Torn from the map of Michigan

I am carrying this scrap of paperThat can crack the darkest sky wide open

Every burden taken from me

Every night my heart unfolding

My home