Season Song
A summer framed with thunder
the flashes down the country
the blue that split the charcoal
and lightened all the sea
the herald of the solstice
the rain that fell around us
and after how I wanted you
and how you wanted me
we began by beginning, reliving
raced and dove for cover
how alike we felt, how near we felt
warming one another as the rain fell
pure white light that shredded grey
we sealed the sky with just a kiss
I remember—I am remembering
the swelling of our souls
were we ever more alive?
don’t cling to me
soon the day may come when I may leave you
don’t worship me
please don’t make me
something I can’t live up to
oh walk with me
be here now, forget about your love that died
be real to me
open up your heart and let me live inside
for a while
I am not falling — I am not
I am walking headlong into a cloud
going nowhere but going somewhere
we at our side silent and aloud
you are everywhere and all that I can see now
every moment an unfolding
and everything that matters now, it matters now
and in the next step ahead
I awaken—I awake again
it matters where we go
as it matters that we said “Hey, I love you”
were we ever more alive?
don’t cling to me
soon the day may come when I will leave you
don’t worship me
please don’t make me something I can’t live up to
hey, walk with me
be here now, forget about your love that died
be real to me
open up your heart and let me live inside
you see what we are—I see what we can be
we fit together like spaces touching
we are matter as we matter to each other
we belong and we belong together
falling into place in places ablaze with autumn
the final heat of summer’s glow
the scent of autumn’s final roses
rain again gives way to thunder
as we give ground to one another
willing ground to one another
willing life to one another
the soft caress of your voice in a windy day in winter
the silk caress of skin by stone hearth firelight
we lean near now we glow in amber
as we will lean near then
within the longer night time
or in a get lost walk approaching spring
or a get wet walk into an ocean gale
I remember — I am imagining
the swelling of our souls
expands to fill the space
the space between the stars
are we ever more alive?
I am apart from you
but you are part of me
if I am not with you
I’ll be there soon
I will be there soon
I will be there soon
keep it alive
your eyes mostly closed
and still you see it all, see it all, see it all..
are you ever seeing futures twining
and tangled willfully around each other
horizons pulling all that matter
and all that matters back to earth
all that matters back to earth
everything about our matter
everything about our sight
everything about our dreams
everything about our love
horizons pulling all that matters
all this matter, all this matter
changing and unchanging save for weather
the sky beyond the lightning opens to the poles
man and woman bound
it remembers—creation is remembering
there is a you-and-I
electric charges clawing at the sky
don’t cling to me
soon the day will come when I will leave you
don’t worship me
don’t make me something I can’t live up to
oh walk with me
be here now, forget about your love that died
be real to me
open up your heart and let me live inside for a while
are we ever more alive as when we love?
it was a summer framed with thunder
the flashes down the country
the blue that splits the charcoal
and brightens all the sea
the herald of the solstice
the rain that falls around us
forever says that I love you
and says that you love me
the Sirens: Elaine DiMasi
acoustic 12-string guitar: Peter Crane