Thorns and Briers

One of my favorite collaborations with MsJewel.

Thorns and Briers

 

When the sun sifts through the trees

And the clouds float gray above

Shadows in the whispering leaves

Seem to cry teardrops of love

 

Teardrops that seem to fade away

Upon the cold and mossy stone

Though the tide may turn away

Still a heart beat's all alone

 

Yet within the rose’s bouquet you hide

Among thorns and briers pain

And while the other flowers cried

You withstood the haunting rain

 

Like a ghost that glimmers on and on

In misted shadows as they bind

You to darkness, though never gone

Your dreams you cannot find

 

So let me be your guiding star

To open wide your weary eyes

With a soft light from afar

To awaken loves fireflies

 

And on a gentle fiery wing

Through the darkness speak my name

And to you I will joyfully bring

My heart as a loyal flame

 

For eternity and all time

Never faltered by storm or breeze  

Please let your love be lost in mine

When the sun sifts through the trees.