It was rough

 

You had it hard

 

But look how beautiful 

 

You are

 

You’re strong and you’re smart

 

And you have a dedicated heart

 

And though the pain of the past

 

Was a furnace blast

 

It’s made you a gem

 

And the fractures you feel

 

Are where the light comes shining through

It's not for nothing that I sing

It’s not for no one that I bring 

The gifts and hungers to the King

In spite of both our sufferings

To the ones woven in cold eternal stars

To the ones echoing in the chambers of their fevered hearts

May I sing of you?

 

It’s not for nothing that I yearn

Walk unknown, in silence burn

Burn like tinder, burn like floss

Silver rising from the dross

It’s not for nothing them bells ring

Through grief and joy’s own offerings

 

When they deny you I swear they do not know why

They are only terrified

When they wrap themselves in sheets of steel

And dreams of desolation, resolute, brave and foolish

I weep with the mind of one who has been blessed

With the unseen and impossible

 

It’s not for nothing that I listen

It’s not for nothing that I wait

From all the trails of starlight cascading upon us

Moment by moment

From all the crystalized words that swirl right through me

From all the written and unwritten sources

I hear of you

The Hart and the Hind

 

Ordering the tides

 

Scampering the Hebrides

 

No one can find them

 

 

The Hind and the Hart

 

Living for everyone

 

Blown by the same breeze

 

That upset the applecart

 

 

Light on the water

 

Rain on the trees

 

Birds in the bower

 

I’m on my knees

 

All of these days 

 

I’ve had to breathe

 

Don’t let them end 

 

Until he loves me

 

 

Hart and Hind

 

Wandering in  parallel

 

Above and below

 

Dreaming of our wishing well

 

 

Heart and mind

 

Only together tell

 

The numbers in kind

 

where they should go

 

 

I love you

 

You love me

 

Funny how the simple things 

 

Are so hard to see

 

 

Body, soul and mind

 

Trying to light

 

A flame from all time

 

Already burning so bright

 

 

Living on vinegar

 

Praying for wine

 

Dreaming of the Hart and the Hind…

 

 

The Hart and the Hind

 

Watching the river flow

 

Nothing in mind

 

You don’t already know

 

 

The heart and the mind

 

Watch their story fade from view

 

Sinking in time

 

But not as deep as me and you

It can go from light to dark with a flip of the switch

 

Sally tried it and paid with her pride

 

Watch what you are handling it could put you in a ditch

 

Is could stick to your thinking

 

And you’ll never again see daylight

 

 

It can go from dark to light just as fast

 

Just hitting the bottom can do it

 

With a blink and a cry

 

You can finally see why

 

You should gratefully get around to it

 

 

And sometimes if it all means too much to dream on

 

It's best to just let it all go

 

And wander alone, your hands to the Lord

 

Your head and your heart bowed and listening

 

Serve out your days

 

With faith, hope and praise

 

Though the flame of your youth has gone missing

 

The embers are still shaped like your name

 

And there at the end of the game

 

You will become who you came to be