Waking hour

Little child, be not afraid Though rain pounds harshly against the glass Like an unwanted stranger There is no danger I am here tonight Little child, be not afraid Though thunder explodes and...

Summer move forward and stitch me the fabric of fall Wrap life in the brilliance of death to humble us all How sweet is the day I'm craving a darkness As I sit tucked away with my back to the wall And...

Strange how you know inside me I measure the time and I stand amazed Strange how I know inside you My hand is outstretched toward the damp of the haze And of course I forgive I've seen how you live...

I'm at your back door With the earth of a hundred nations in my skin You wouldn't recognize me For the light in my eyes is strange It was years ago, god knows When you strained to tell me your whole...

Everyone agrees it came too soon It was only meant to be an intersection You kept fear of death in a a back pocket of your jeans In the palm of your hand affection It came like a sudden gust of wind...

Once when I was thirty-one I woke in the dead of night And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside Slipped downstairs in my bare feet Soon forgotten freezing And poured a milk glass full To wait...

Soon, love, soon Soon, love, soon Soon, love, soon There'll be a fire burning in the temple of our peace Soon, love, soon There'll be a soaring voice for our silent pleas Soon, love, soon We will hold...

Nightfall we're brushing past your town Destination not you my one The driver doesn't know way down How deep these bright-eyed feelings run I've no intention of confessing today I need to make...

We are not together here Though we lie entwined To make room for the other presence We both draw back in our minds I have a prophecy Threatening to spill into words This growing certainty Of Over...

The one who survives by making the lives Of others worthwhile She's coming apart Right before my eyes The one who depends on the services she renders To those who come knocking She's seeing too...