Hush

In the afternoon

Of orange blossom days

Hummingbirds rest

Above where we lay

You say it’s ok,

No need to fret

The weight of it all

Will ease as we find

The balance in each

Step we make

Swinging back n’ forth

In a palo verde tree

The wind in the needles

Hushes you asleep

Even with the strain,

Your heart remains

Don’t doubt why darlin’

In time you will find

We’re alright

We were born

Like the branch to bend

And not to break

Reconcile and resurrect,

Tombstone rose

Growing up

And over the gates

To where our children play

The future wraps ‘round like vines

Inside these arms

Ooh, Ooooh

Ooh, Ooooh

Darlin’ will you say

In our final embrace

Before returning ‘neath the clay

After all

That your heart still remains