darling don't be lost to me
the fear was there
under the sleeve
lifting the hair
darling don't be lost to me
it was a prayer
caught like a leaf
burning in air
darling you are tossed from me
the year is bare
wonder and grief
drifting to where
darling you are tossed from me
what here more rare
thought like a thief
turning to stare
summer and winter
so many years of many seasons
we saw and found together
snapped grassroots trembling to the spring
plucked berries out of harvesting
caught swirling autumn down from trees
about us drew a sunbright frieze
oh summer was our weather
but winter was in our hearts
how many years of many reasons
convinced us not to part
remembering the search for first green bud
the rain paths rainbowed in the mud
the cheep behind the window ledge
the shutter like a moonshined wedge
oh summer was our weather
but winter was in our hearts
too many years, too many years
we lived and loved together
for oh my dear the winter fears
destroyed the summer weather
for doubts can frost and worries blight
the careful seed, the ripened stacks
and questions when they come by night
leave barren fields behind their tracks