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I'd drop my pen, my sheath, its sword,
I'd even drop the written word
I'll step back from moving forward
If you will only have me.
I've come too far to turn back now
And leve this in the dust
So I try to march in time
Against prevailing gust.
I've dropped my arms, my legs, my heart
I've even dropped my chin
Soo I will have dropped it all
To hold you once again.
Voices, they have told me
Tried and true but thin.
Arms have tried to hold me
But could not keep me within.
Mountains cannot bar my mind
Stones cannot weigh my hands
Trees grow not deeper than my heart
My smile spreads faster than desert sands.
I know, in truth, I'm hard to follow,
I'm hard to stand beside,
I know it seems an endless cavern
The place where my heart resides.
Even in a place so dark
Can something bright abide?
Though in the shadows it may be stark
It swells not with the changing tide.
And so, now, I look to you
For answers on your lips.
I search for finite signals
Upon your fingertips.
I look through all the oceans
And waves within your hair
To the skies, the stars and moon
I take the heavens within my stare.
Before my load is far too heavy
Before I've more than I can bear
I need to know if you'll bear with me
I have to know if you'll be there.
Unsteady though my grounds may be
A temple built on sand blown dune,
I tell you now I need your warmth
Lest the cold make presence soon.
Before the light orb has chance to rise
And the moon moves on its way.
Before the Willow sheds a tear
And fawn moves there below to lay.
Gentle will I ever fight
And Charon will I pay,
Extinguishing eternal light
But now I must know, will you stay.
I'd drop my pen, my sheath, its sword,
I'd even drop the written word
I'll step back from moving forward
If you will only have me.
