when i wake in the night
reason once more shattering into darkness
it is love that leads me back to light

a life incredible, vivid, excellent.
when i wake in the night
reason once more shattering into darkness
it is love that leads me back to light
i noticed her face as he told her
“there was nothing we could do” —
saw the brightness fade, watched it crumple —
if you asked me now what i wanted
i would say a kitchen window with a view
flowers on the table
and a pair of kind eyes laughing back at me across it
i could write you a note
filled with beautiful things
i don’t always feel its pull
the tug at my heart that says
‘what if all this one day were yours?’
Let me, all Thy love accepting,
Love Thee, ever all my days …
her apron is hanging in my closet i’ve never worn it, but i see it every time i rifle through my work clothes even now it smells slightly of butter the way my favorite aprons do and i wonder about her favorite recipes the things she baked for birthdays, for holidays, for sorrow i met…
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