The Secret Garden

The next time you catch my hand don’t let it go
Because you know I can’t stand the cold on my own
And this light you’ve offered me, pouring out and shining down
Has killed the shadows in the corners, I can open my eyes now
And if we loved this much for the rest of our days,
I’d look back and see the world as a beautiful place.
Despite it’s scars, it’s diseases, it’s madness
I’d not see the desperation,  the corruption, the sadness.
Because for something so brilliant as our love to exist,
Like a humming rose among waste and rubbish and piss
The Earth must withhold a secret for only the luckiest to find.
She’s given you yours and she’s given me mine.
What a privileged thing to see and to feel,
There’s nothing she offers so indisputably real.
The authenticity of all else she serves us seems thin
When compared to the warmth of  a love predestined
So I thank the green mother who gives me this blessing
But even more I thank you for taking the time and listening
To what she had to say, and the directions she gave
And for following them now every beautiful day
To clear the ground around me so I could finally grow
To show me that a person can be the true meaning of home.
To make me fall asleep with a smile on my face
To give me a partner with whom to run this long race
And there’s no one I’d rather be moving ahead with than you
Because we go at the same pace and our  missteps are few
So I dedicate the rest of my life to making you  happy
Because to my secret garden you were the key