Invisible Threads

Theme song for the short story "The Error Without a Name" at the end of "Reading the Digital Future: Information I for High School Students and Lifelong Learners" I heard a whisper in the blue A little spark I almost knew Not loud enough to call it fate But bright enough to make me wait I was walking through a world Made of windows, glass, and rain Every face a passing light Every word a hidden frame There were numbers in the sky There were echoes in the street I kept searching for a sign In the space beneath my feet Something flickered, something stayed Like a star behind the clouds Not a promise, not a name Just a feeling reaching out Maybe the cracks are not the ending Maybe they show where light gets in Maybe the heart begins remembering Where we were meant to begin Invisible threads Pulling us closer Through the night, through the noise Through the places we forget Invisible threads Learning to hold us Every doubt, every choice Every word we never said If the world breaks into pieces I will find the line that leads From the silence to the meaning Invisible threads in me There were maps without a road There were doors without a key There were answers dressed in gold That did not feel true to me So I slowed my racing hands Let the quiet tell me more There are things we understand Only when we are unsure Not every shadow is a warning Not every mistake is the end Sometimes a lost and lonely morning Is how a new light learns to bend Maybe the stars are scattered questions Maybe the dawn is made of them Maybe the truth is not perfection But finding the way back again Invisible threads Pulling us closer Through the night, through the noise Through the places we forget Invisible threads Learning to hold us Every doubt, every choice Every word we never said If the world breaks into pieces I will find the line that leads From the silence to the meaning Invisible threads in me I do not need the sky to open I do not need a perfect sign I only need this small devotion To look again, one more time If I can name the quiet trembling If I can ask and not pretend Then every broken little ending Can turn and start again Invisible threads Pulling us closer Through the dark, through the glow Through the questions in our hands Invisible threads Teaching us slowly How to read, how to know How to try and understand If the world breaks into pieces I will find the line that leads From the silence to the meaning Invisible threads in me Invisible threads Carrying wonder Through the fear, through the blue Through the future we have not met Invisible threads Soft as a heartbeat Still I feel, still I choose Still I rise with no regret Every spark can be a doorway Every doubt can learn to breathe Every light becomes a story Invisible threads in me I heard a whisper in the blue A little spark I almost knew Now it is singing through my chest Invisible threads, and I follow them west