I once

I once took words for granted

I once miscounted death 

I once thought hope was for fools

And faith never breathed from my mouth

Flowers were unseen

Colors passed over 

Petals opening to nothing 

In my arrogance faces forgotten

Now the trees gather round 

above the earth and in the ground

Through the telephone and the houses

I see the sky goes on and on

I once thought that loving me was foolish

A contract signed by the blind

I could not feel what was unseen

In the vast cavern of my heart

I broke to the God of emptiness

Now birds song in winter

Something returns

I can put down my elusive burden

I know I can feel my way out of this

Hear the rustling of angels wings 

And know that this may be a time to cry

But there will be a day 

That my heart sings