You would have waited for months, or even years my love,

keeping your heart from the truth. But it was I who left

and I who had to return, had to make things right. I had to show you

that the person I truly am was the person who had returned. You could

not have faith in my words, but had to see it in my eyes.

 

Because I have known from the beginning how it could be;

only coming dangerously close to losing it all made us come to our senses, me first,

then us. I sit here contemplating why I feel so strange even though

I am happier than I have been in –

truly I don’t know when…

 

Suddenly, I realize that it has only been a week since I left

Seattle again, less than two weeks since we saw each other again,

after being apart for so many months. I have been so busy looking forward

to the future, with excitement, that I forgot to look

at what I am going through now.

 

Yes, I have let go of the past, all of this emotional intensity –

no wonder I am tired.

But I am so much stronger than I was…”Love is stronger than Death”

I know now that Love is stronger than anything in the world.

I now know how to love myself, them, those and the man who owns my heart.

 

It’s now ok that he owns my heart because I know I own his.

“Now” is the word of the day…

but “Grave Songs” is the bridge,

I am fighting tiredness and sleep,

Must give in soon.