Gabriel

gabriel this is the last

chapter of our correspondence

i hope that after time goes past

you can remember me with fondness

i think as i am thinking now

of all the pages that have seen us

laid out an ending in between us

and we can walk them like the ground

i know my fate i do not mean to fight

but you tread softly on the ground tonight

tread softly on the words you used to write

oh gabriel i see you there

that day i met you in the orchard

and i was younger then i wore my hair

in bows across my forehead

soon they were twisted at the shoulder

and fixed with clasps against my neck

and i do not think you would know her

if you could see what they reflect

i've seen my future in an evening dress

all wrapped in tapestry and fur i guess

remember me the way you knew me best

oh gabriel i have kept

everything you sent me

everything you put to paper but

it's better to forget

and fill your head with memories

think that you will thank me later

oh gabriel i wish that i

could pick you up and fold you like a ribbon

i'd hold you always and in secret

in the pockets of my clothes

but this is how i live my life

with all the parts that i was given

this is the heart that i was given

and what you're given can't be sold

i see my future in an evening dress

all wrapped in tapestry and fur i guess

remember the way you knew me best

i know my fate i do not mean to fight

but you tread softly on the ground tonight

tread softly on the words you used to write

i know my fate i do not mean to fight

but you tread softly on the ground tonight

tread softly on the words you used to write