Rain was tapping on the eaves No one stayed to hear me breathe Pain moved slowly through the room Two hearts fading in the gloom I reached down to hold you near Found no answer waiting there When the night unlatched the door I was not a woman anymore I heard crying through the trees Soft enough to make me leave I kept following the sound Till my feet forgot the ground I still carry empty arms Still remember every harm Sweet flowers gather where I pass Faces blur behind the glass Come a little closer now Let me see what time allowed I may hold you like my own I may never let you home They have made my grief a tale Pinned it to a woman pale No one speaks of how I cried Or the child who died inside Now I move where branches lean Half remembered half unseen Every pulse beneath the skin Sounds like where my child had been When you hear me laugh nearby Do not trust the lullaby I have waited through the years Till my hunger learned your fears I still carry empty arms Still remember every harm Sweet flowers gather where I pass Faces blur behind the glass Come a little closer now Let me see what time allowed I may hold you like my own I may never let you home I cannot see your little face I only feel the vacant place I do not know what I pursue Only that it leads to you If I press you to my chest Will the dead in me find rest I still carry empty arms Still remember every harm Sweet flowers gather where I pass Faces blur behind the glass Come a little closer now Let me see what time allowed I may hold you like my own I may never let you home I was human once before Rain was tapping at the door Now the trees repeat my cry And no cradle answers why
