Lifedance

Jim Savarino © 1992

I knew she would go
I knew she would leave for a place 
Where she could run faster
All those small town lives
Were like figurines made of plaster

She never quite fit
Was just a bit awkward, 
I'm glad that she's gone now
'Cause angels from on high, 
Shouldn't live on the ground, now

They belong in the sky						
Flying so high
They look like a meteor			
With a burning trail						
Ever rising to never fail					

I hope she stays strong
Keeps her lightness, 
Holds on to her laughter
Hope she follows her dreams
Hope she finds what she's after

And though I wish her well
My heart it is breaking
I know we could never be lovers
Still it is aching

My love is so pure
Pure fantasy and pure madness
My friends all tell me I'm happy
Only when covered with sadness

Still I stumble on
With nothing to hold to
She knows she needs nothing to hold
Without being told to

And if I was a bird
I'd not be an eagle grand
But a lone lost sparrow
Flying over an empty land

Searching for love
Nurturing kindness
Holding an olive branch high
Loving with blindness

And if I was a cloud
I'd float very slowly
I'd rain down such love
On my one and only

Then she would laugh
Shake off the water
Throw off her clothes, run through the rain
Say "I'm Earth Mother-Daughter"

With a garland of flowers
All wrapped in her aubern hair
She'd dance along with her children
Carry them into the air

Perhaps you can follow
This spirit so soft and kind
Walk along in her footsteps 
Keeping one pace behind

Then if she should turn
And you find yourself leading
Cherish the moment together
For it will be fleeting

Fleeting and gone