Into New

(Based on closing lines of Wendell Berry's "A Purification") Like the night sky into blue Or a single cell becoming two, Like me leaning into you, Something old is escaping into new. I used to worry my mistakes; Guilt makes the bones and the body ache, Now I am leaning into you; Something old is escaping into new. Like the past into now, A spring renewed somehow. Like the wind or the dawn— Always returning, always gone Ancient wisdom, come to light A fading love that finds its fight See how I’m leaning into you? Something old is escaping into new. I always wanted desperately to win Disguising loss with a grin But now that I am loved by you Something old is escaping into new. Now that I am loved by you Something old is escaping into new.