I found a tree that hums beneath your hands
It has honeybees for a heart and boy, those wings beat better than blood
The wild berry tangles are sticky and sweet as the sure summer heat
We’ll wait here with the woods till the sky falls
Let’s drop it all, too, darling, here -
Place your palm on the small of my back and kiss me like a movie, like you mean it, like you know it's true,
I know I do.
We could run away someplace that is only our own
Write the stories there that we’ll tell with shining eyes - our children’s children sprawled by the sitting room stove
Could we carve our years from the pines we'll climb?
Set them on the mantle in a little line of our love - they’ll make this house a home
Say a prayer for each one that you never forget
What you know now,
I know you do.
One day at a time, they say, so I’ll bring you every clock I can find
With all of those hours we'll have a lifetime to wander before I meet you for more
Have you ever seen how the sun-tangled leaves look a lot like stained glass?
I want a love like that light - one of resolve and rapture and shining warmth and homegrown heartache
Not the kind that breaks
I mean the soul-shaking sort that hurts simply because you know it is about the only thing real enough to feel for forever, and, well,
I know we will.