Crinan Wood

It was cold you hid your hands inside your sleeve

As we walked I heard the laughter in the leaves

See the shadows lying now where once we stood

And I would lie down with them if I only could

Music came to me it came across the sound

How you laughed and shone and danced a circle round

As we walked away I saw a shadow on the ground

There were stones inside my pockets that were found

When I was younger I heard angels on the roof

A thousand voices singing each note was the truth

All the wise and light I have left them in my youth

And I have only just my memory for proof

See a doorway open on a darkened room

In the garden thread lies broken on the loom

See a face is smiling flicker on a wall

In the distance mountains waiting for the fall.

See these knots around my hands around my feet

They would take me down my end for me to meet

And I grow weary of this struggle and this fight

Morning so far off from out here in the night

The night is cold and you must leave me this I know

And empty all the places where we used to go

Before I knew you I went climbing in the snow

And called your name out to the darkness down below

I miss you