her eyes are closed
and she is far away

dancing with
silhouetted trees
and midnight larks

whispering
the deepest secrets
with no clue how to fear

her eyes are closed
and her heart is heavy
when she opens them

but until her brown eyes
drink morning light
the moon will be their keeper
and she will be my sleeping love

and i am holding my breath
the wait will seem like an eternity
a logical impossibility
a burden i was not built to bear
and now i am frozen
i cannot move
i ache for a cure
a reprieve from this sadness
a shelter from the cold
i am paralyzed by the fear that
tomorrow will never come
that night will not pass
and the dawn will lose her way
but i must live to see
the quiet snowfall blanket the city
the spring invade the frozen fields
so i am waiting
and i am holding my breath

we are broken in just the right places
to make hope a glimmer in a passing memory
a distant land we once were in
we walked and we toiled and we wept
but we could not find our way