Saint

She always knows when people need stroking And is attracted to deathbeds and divorces I dreamed she cared for my dying grandfather Lying naked face down on his bed She insists on total presence And knows how to get through to the rest of us She has entered me thousandfold often And undone knots at my most awkward She reaches out to orphans and refugees Embraces them with thermal blankets Her favourite childhood moments Were at a hospital for the disabled I've seen her offer empathy to widows She attends funerals of strangers Her strongest memory Is feeding children with leprosy Music heals too I'm here to defend it --- Saint - Björk