Earth

Short story based off of the song Earth by Sleeping At Last

"I dig till my shovel tells a secret
Swear to the Earth that I will keep it
Brush off the dirt
And let my change off heart occur.
Sold soon after the appraisal
The hammer struck the auction table
Louder than anything I've ever heard
Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house
But I put it out of my mind
Long enough to call it courage
To live without a lifeline
I bend the definition of faith
To exonerate my blind eye
Till the sirens sound I'm safe."