Ivory

Softly, softly, fingers seeking
Keys within a shifting sea
Somewhere they will never find me
A secret wrapped in ivory

And I am white and black and moving
Inside, outside, in-between
Beauty found when no one's listening
All this meant for only me

Here where I am loved
Here where I am needed
Here where I am beautiful

And I am every sound and silence
A secret born in ivory
Somewhere they will never find me
Somewhere they will never see

Here where I am loved
Here where I am needed
Here where I am beautiful

I am stillness forged in motion
Courage carved in ivory