FREE SPIRIT CHILD

FREE SPIRIT CHILD

I’m counting all the books
upon your shelf,
and it looks like you're hiding
something from me.
You should have told
me to be fair.

Your shadow
secrets dance in
the midnight air.
I watch them
every time you are
so far away.
And they can see my
lonely empty stare.

My free spirit child
is resting
underground.
She won’t make love no
more. My free spirit
child.

In the echoes
of your gaze I feel
your absence,
like a fragrance of memory
drawing near to me.
And, still, there
is so much I need
to share.

I felt the weight of
questions unanswered in
the cold.
And when I phoned
you, your voice said you were
not in.
And for me, that
was the biggest sin.

My free spirit child
is resting
underground.
She won’t make love no
more. My free spirit
child.

In the pages
of our history, I found
solace in
your arms.
You touched my life
like a fleeting precious
song.
And I felt your
whispers deep within.

In the garden of
remembrance your flowers
no longer bloom.
And in the quiet of the
night I watched
you sleeping.
And like that song,
you said you
were my twin.

My free spirit child
is resting
underground.
She won’t make love no
more. My free spirit
child.