Lay By My Side

my heart ascends a bare and a hidden tower

I carry a sweet bouquet to hand my love next May

it’s breezing like fall

the leaves are coming down

dry things with one thing left to say

lay by my side lay by my side lay by my side right now

I’ll turn my voice into a curl of smoke

I’ll fill a room with ferns and shells and wishing star tails that never fade

and butterfly wings to cool your dreams at night

carry you home when you wake

lay by my side…

beside your breathing the moon’s the only sound

bell of a baritone sax playing for the midnight flower

and I’d be vain as the weather if I thought I brought you here

I just watch the unfolding of the hours

lay by my side…