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How can I get lost in the rain today?
I’ll tell you my trust in the waters is complete
And there are wounds I wish to wash away.
And is not the air out here so very sweet?

You were not first, but I prayed you’d be the last
And I am forgetting myself, forgetting my strength
But I won’t say it’s impossible move past this at length.
I wish I could dine on the bones of my own past
With tomorrow at my side, gnawing at me today
With the words neither of us quite knows how to say.

I believe I am thinking. I believe I am dying,
And I believe now my tears are drying.
Do you still see my eyes when you look into me?
Is there courage left enough for us to see
Such a thing as a soul still in need of you?
Do you see rainbows there just like I do?
All I need do is look to the summers to come
And I’ll see it’s not you I am running from.
Take care of me, and I’ll stay for everything;
I’ll kiss the waters just to hear you sing.

Take care of me, and I’ll stay for everything
To kiss the winter, and cherish you in the spring
I’ll be here, and I’ll stay for everything
Hear the bells of at the dawn’s gate ring,
Take care of me, and I’ll stay for everything.

© 2021 Marten Hoyle