sing you to me

the distance between us is
an imaginary line
the space is secondary
to the feeling

if a storm should be approaching
we will batten down the hatches
and prepare to face the weather
and it's seasons

but never will anything come between us
i can let you go
and still hold you inside

i can sing you to me
whenever i'm alone
i can sing you to me
when i need you
i can sing you to me
when there's no one else to turn to
i will sing you
to me

the road ahead is steep
and i have no head for walking
on a straight path
it's the bends that mark my way
i get sidetracked by the light
by the budding flowers blooming
by the life that grows around me every day

but never will i lose the meaning
that lights my weary way
and never will i lose the feeling
that there lies an open promise
in each new day

i can sing you to me
whenever i'm alone
i can sing you to me
when i need you
i can sing you to me
when there's no one else to turn to
i will sing you
to me

i will sing you in
i will sing you over
heaven cloud and field
i will sing you to the sky

i will sing you after
the whole things over
i will sing you into
the night

the distance between us is
an imaginary line
the space is secondary
to the feeling

if a storm should be approaching
we will batten down the hatches
and prepare to face the weather
and it's seasons

i can sing you to me
whenever i'm alone
i can sing you to me
when i need you
i can sing you to me
when there's no one else to turn to
i will sing you
to me

kind rain

you cannot stop
this kind rain
it falls in floods
cascades in sheets
it is the rain
created by the melting snow
the melted flakes
that once floated down

you cannot shelter from
this kind rain
it will find the unmended
hole in the coat
you wear
and wet you through
the only thing you can do
is give in

where once was a desert now
a patch of green
sweet new life has grown
reaching up
to the mother sun
let it in

you cannot alter
the kind rain
it feeds the thirsty place
that needs water
every other place is foreign
to you now
the only thing you can do is give in
to the kind rain

understanding

enduring
understanding
tick tick tick
love
like the hands of this clock
keep moving
still
and even when they
are not easy to find
they remain
in the woods of my town on the hill
counting down the grains of sand
that slip softly out to sea
changing the landscape
and carving me
out of the grain
that is in this tree
we are born
and light guides us forward
in
enduring
understanding

your shadow

i am your shadow
we are bound by light
the sun reflects on the moon
and i am sewn to you
your arms and legs
limbs
contact
we cannot separate
though distant
and disparate
we are closer than
the air

i am your shadow
we are bound by light
sometimes taller
sometimes smaller
always present
in the glow
the sun
provides

i am your shadow
we are bound by light
no night can separate us
distant stars
may shed
from the sky
and lose their life
but

i am your shadow
we are bound by light
and i am glad
the sun has
sewn me to you

carry me

carry me
over the black spots
carry me
over the ice
make sure i have enough room to breathe
or i won't sleep tonight

carry me
over the ocean
in your ship with billowing sails
chart the course
under the brightest stars
where the storms are far away

i will always have the best at heart
best in mind and best at hand
wanting only to see you smile
and help your dreams along as planned

carry me
up in the deep blue sky
on your wings of feathered white
soaring over the fields and trees
looking down
on the world that we occupy

carry me
into the sweet night
in your arms tender and warm
promise me nothing
give me all that you are

i will always be the best at heart
best in mind and best at hand
wanting only to see you smile
and help your dreams along as planned

carry me over
carry me up
carry me into
carry me on
carry me

slowly

things are going in and out of focus
songs are sliding in and out of tune
never seem to be on the same page
as you

snowflakes fall and hit the ground
in softness
icy winds are tickling my nose
another cold and wintery season
upon us
i think i'm

slowly
going crazy

what was easy once seems much more difficult
what was clear now enveloped in fog
surely i should know more now
then tell me why
am i more confused
than i ever was
i think i'm

slowly
going crazy

to love you is to need you is to know you too well
and now the light is dim
the distant past
calls upon us everywhere
we try to run
if only
we could
go back
but i think i'm

slowly going crazy

colours once so bright come over milky
words once so prosaic hit dead ears
what have i been doing
chasing rainbows
all these years
through these tears
i think i'm

slowly going crazy

don't laugh
i'm slowly going crazy

in fact
i'm slowly
going crazy

blind

he is blind
he doesn't see what is in front of him
he's looking inside
looking to the past
looking behind

and i am sunk
because i think it doesn't matter
whether he sees or not
there's no way out
and no way forward
for the thing i carry here

he is kind
too kind to let it go
too kind to offer up a compromise
that wouldn't be accepted now
it's too late to turn back
and not to feel

he is lost
there is a mist a heavy frost
he cannot navigate tonight
through all this debris
all this memory has caught him in it's vice
he cannot find the door

he is blind

another close

the dusted icing sugar frost of winter
is painted on the road
the fence
the chimney
and underneath
is wet and cold
the grey sky
folds the clouds
over the big blue sky

another close
it's close to being over

and motionless i'm looking out
my window
the hibernated loss will soon
become a memory
and i am again faced
with new territory
how will the furrow
plow itself come January

another close it's close to
being over

over the hill
of what this year has made of me
without the will
i have been kidnapped here
it's not like me
but then i used to be so sure
those were the days
when i thought i knew much more

so as we light the candle
and toast with yet another glass of wine
i wonder will i still be
feeling so unsure
like what i've done has got no where
and hoping that things will work out
next time

another close
it's close to being over

compassion

my heart
was breaking
i knew you were hurting
i knew i was hurting
for you
so you wouldn't hurt
quite as much
as you would have done
if i hadn't felt any
of this stuff

like why i am so sensitive
to making you feel positive
when the dark
has got it's claws in you
i want to make it light
for you

like when you are in a bad mood
i avoid saying certain things
to you
even though i know they're the truth

you see this heart has started beating
twice as hard
once for me and once for you
and though i am weary
sometimes too
i can't stop it
even when i try to

cause there is no reason
only passion
no explanation
no answers
just the beating
and the needing
to make sure you get
what you deserve

and even if it isn't me
to see you smile
i would see your winter over
melting into spring
down those green lanes
you love
with those
who love you

intertwine

rope and cord
string and web
connect and thread
intertwine
weave and sew
around my heart
into something sweet and new

chain and net
ladder step
figure eight around itself
intertwine
a knot a fit
a strength in crossing over it
braid and platt
and hold my hand
so much stronger
connected to someone else
intertwine
the line between us
like a road that never ceases
up and over hedge and hill
intertwine and
tie my will
in silken bows
and twisted hemp
intertwine
connect
divine extension of the line

under cover

under cover is safe and warm
no harm to come
to those who hide here
peek out between blanket
and pillow
open one eye
then let it close
under cover safe and warm

and if this house has no roof
i will be cold
put your arms around me
where the slates have blown off
before i catch my death of cold

under cover turn me over
cradle me against you warm
lie and dream
dream and lie
until the dawning of the sun
and i don't want to move
just now
under cover turn me over
facing you
and shutting out the world beyond
under cover
safe and warm