Growing Up

Separate and go our ways

I said it couldn't be

You knew that life can let one down

And tried to make me see.

Then one of us took the right road

And to the other, left was right

We'd send each other letters

But don't know what to write.

You also said that time will go

And often we forget

Important things will fade and change.

But I still recall you yet.

I liked to think the paths we tread

Would intertwine once more

To sit under stars and remember

And talk just like before.

But here I am now in the rain

It's dripping down my face

And I'll never see you again

Gone without a trace.

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Leaving Our Lees

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Hug me when I leave you
'Cause I may not be back
My shoes are complaining of the cold
And the road is right on track

I've written this song to you
Remind you it's alright
We decided it would be okay
We both left that same night

As long as it's not forever,
I'm glad you'll get the chance,
Remember that eternity
Is part of this old dance.

I've stepped out to the north wind
Cast my net out in the seas
Your hand is not holding me
And I've left behind the lees

With ancients underneath me
Wherever I may go
your words tenderly floating
In the wind and rills I row

I'll pace myself to see the air
To see each sunset ride
Underneath the clouds to bed
On to the other side

Dreams I wake to- will tell the day
What it's fill should be
And perhaps they'll let us join again
In dreamland, you and me.

I look lost but, my dear, I'm not
I'll choose each step with care
My passion will not lose its fire
I'll have enough to share.

I hope you take the time you need
And tarry o'er each hill
But try to come with stories
Knowing you, you will.

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Awaken

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Sharply cold, the waves are breaking,
Smashing walls of seething ice

Spraying shards from peaks and asking
What ugly ransom could suffice?

Only You can lift my anchor
Only You sustain in grief
I'm powerless and prone to wander
But you sail past my unbelief.

Passion's fire that I was missing
I had dropped along the way
In the sea beyond the moonlight
In the densest foggy gray

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You return to me the fire
Though stormy waves, it's been rebuilt
My eyes have found your tenderness
Though without a drop of guilt

And then the gentle snow starts falling
And you inspire my song again
I wait for rays of sun to glitter
On the white and shining glen

Here we are to stay til springtime
Watching as the snow feeds streams

That come from mountaintops to gather
In the lakes, o'er bright mist gleams

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Stay and watch as buds awaken
And reach out to the warming air
Coax them from their sheltered haven
Tendrils climbing, sleek and fair

The copse is standing at attention
As Shepherd leaps from crag to ridge
His feet are able and stride immense
From dreams to life He builds a bridge

He'll shape my lowly feet to be
As strong and nimble as His own
Like hinds that spring to reach the cliffs
We'll climb as one, His strength alone.

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