MEASURING TAPE (Noah’s wife)
Before the rain, before the clouds even
I felt a change, a part of you leaving
You went outside, you didn’t say goodbye
You didn’t look at me, you just picked up your measuring tape
And all I wanted was to understand
How you grew into this other man
Who built a giant boat in his backyard
And two by two, I watched them follow you
And in the end I followed too, what else could I do
There was no night, there was no day
But you promised there was color underneath the gray
The scientists took all their measurements
The preachers said that it was heaven-sent
And you below deck with your head bent
Just like you said, we came to rest
But what about the others, the ones who failed the test
So you were right, so we survived
But when I looked into your eyes
I saw the ones we left behind
And all I wanted was to understand
How you grew into this other man
Who built a giant boat in our backyard
SEPARATE HISTORIES (Ruth)
Sometimes the road chooses you and not the other way around
I don't know how but I just knew you would lead me to sacred ground
I was living in a place but it was time for me to leave
I'd lost all of my faith but I was ready to believe
In the middle of the night I went and lay down by your feet
I knew that if the time was right you would welcome me
I crept away before the break of day
By then I knew that you would come to me
And all the people in the gate and all the elders they will say
We are the witnesses today to this covenant you make
Generations pass generations come
And now our separate histories are one
