I am losing my sense of playnAnd you are helping me reclaim itnAnd you are helping me lay down my armsnAnd welcome the previously unwelcomenYou are wisenMy lady owlnAnd I have much to learnnWe are shape-shifters and partners in crimenAnd I am not running from younAnd you are not running from menAnd I am red and you are greennYou are ancientnAnd younger than you think or seemnYou can grownAnd you can shrinknOn commandnYou might just fill or breaknAny dam in your waynOn a path made by a glacier's weightnAnd your feet are covered in waternnYou will leavenAnd I will staynAnd hold the fortnYou'll returnnAnd it will stay freshnThe tended nestnnI am losing my sense of playnAnd you are helping me reclaim itnYou are wisenMy lady owlnAnd I have much to learn