| Bind Up My Life Mama Earth Days Page 9 |
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| Presume Do not presume To know the hearts Of mothers As they grieve For their fallen children Nor measure the bitterness Of their tears Against what is widely known Just let them grieve And leave them To remember the time When they could smile |
| Path You are my path Your heart my torch The forest is dark Ahead of me I don�t know what Is around that bend Little yellow eyes Shining out at me From a murky wood Bumps in the night Villainous creatures Or just the stubbed toe? Hold my hand my friend Let your heart light my way If only for tonight Stay�.. |
| Remember That Day? Remember that day? The lake was such a shimmer With the sun and the wind�. You dropped Into my view Your wings In the shadows of the sun Were outstretched And you circled the lake Once, Twice, I was transfixed in your arc Then you turned into the wind And hung there suspended before me You watching me Watching you With a slight dip of a wing You slipped under the current And slipped away�. Remember that day? |
| Thaw The marsh�s thaw Glistens among the cattails There are pools of it to be found Shimmering in the breeze Warming in the sun Waiting You can smell it in the air Anticipation You can almost touch it Hidden among the oak leaves Whispered among conifers Cry of a young bird The trees are creaking Stretching their toes In softening loam |
| Tales for Thee Come, tales for thee From the Great Black Sea And lots of rosy dawns. The mermaid�s cry In the cold dark mist And the sirens sing their songs�.. Let me weave them with myth and allegory; Let me dye them with the dust Of a purple hue; Fairy gold found by the pale moonlight; Now you tell me which is true |
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