Her Song

funny thing
the life we share
I hold your hand as if I never let go
we were young
we were child-kings in our kingdom
our treasure gold in the fields and our crowns of flowers from the hedgerows

am I the girl
who once was your dazzling prize?
winter frosty bright, you had to shade your eyes
now we smile over coffee at breakfast 

If someone told you years ago,
would you ever believe it?
if I had known
the things I know today
that we’d make it safe
and walking the stair
past steps that weren’t there
we’d make it safe home 

memory shakes me
I let you down
and woven wreaths like vows we made unravelled
we were too weak
too weak to stop what had started
I cursed them, ‘she is the one that I love, however we be parted’ 

we come home
unpack our things from the grocery store
blanket forts sitting on the floor
you are my fortress
and my airfield
I will go
and come back home

And all that happened years ago
with time and grace we can grieve it and let it go
the colours change but this I know today
I love you, we’re safe
I love you, we’re safe
I love you, we’re safe
I love you, we’re safe
we’re home