At summer's ending
You came home
I gave you space for mending, your hair had grown
Cards close gaps that I
Left between us that night
Didn't think you'd come from the coast
Didn't think it'd hurt to sit close
You've forgotten, and I can't remember when I was...
Caught up, I called you over
Having only half of what I should say
We fell asleep last October
When I left, you were lying awake
Tracking down my thoughts
As prairie evening turns to dawn
While my eyes met with you as old friends said "I do"
Forget the space you fill
I'm half a decade less for living still
But you'll still step outside...
Did I do right?
You'll be gone, and it won't matter when...
Old thoughts will wash up like breakers
Revealed in the light of the day
You keep them rolled up in papers
And the wind will blow them away
Less you than I
Still need time
It was...
Late night, I called you over
Having only half of what I should say
We fell asleep last October
When I left, you were lying awake