Tonight The Sky

Her head lay back in blankets, soft white down

Her hair warm autumn colors, floating

Our days were classroom poems, true young love

Some nights we roar like lions, some we coo like doves

I left her long ago one summer, chasing dreams

I hum good sweet explosions, sweet nothings

I broke her heart not knowing she'd return

And graven scars deep in me forever

I hear my sleeping sister

In the early morning hours

I hear her though it's silent

Standing over me now

Tonight the skies

Will open for you

Mountains and big clouds

Divide us in two

She fell into his arms, his sweet, strong kiss

She made her perfect gardens in this

World that turned its back, shook things 'round

In time it took our loving sister down

I met my fallen angel one last time

I promised always through me she would shine

I held her hands, I sunk into her heart

'Til powers unrelenting pulled us apart

I saw my sleeping sister

Rising toward a light

A mist above the skyline

On that never ending night

Tonight bright stars

Are shining for you

Oceans and full moons

Deep midnight blue

I woke up every morning

Not believing her to be gone

Outside the doves and sparrows

Carried on

Building now so sweetly

Settled into spring

Outside the kids in their yards

Laughing and playing

I loved you like no other

Your eyes I can't erase

Your voice it wakes me always

Pouring down from space

Like warm sun rays

You're turning into

Wild sails on cool bays

I'm watching for you

Tonight the skies

Are open for you

Mountains and big clouds

Dividing in two