(soft humming with kitchen and garden ambience, light hand percussion) Mmmmmm… Ah-ah… mmmmm… Verse 1 By lavender and thyme The old remedies remain Bundled near the open window Sweetening the rain The kettle sings its morning song The curtains drift and sway And weary hearts grow lighter slow In the warmth of ordinary days Chorus By lavender and thyme Soft hands mend what time made sore The earth still gives us gentle things To help us heal once more Warm bread Fresh tea Bare feet across the floor There is comfort growing quietly Behind every open door Verse 2 Rosemary hangs beside the hearth Mint leaves cool the air Moonflowers curl beneath the dusk And firelight flickers there No need to force your healing now No need to bloom all at once Even gardens rest between Their seasons of becoming Bridge Some forms of healing look very small Until one day you realize you can breathe again Final Chorus So gather herbs beneath the moon And let the evening settle sweet The world still carries little mercies Hidden softly at our feet And all the tired aching places May loosen slow in time There is peace in simple living By lavender and thyme Ending (soft layered humming with breeze, distant bells, and gentle percussion fading) Mmmmm… Breathe deep… Mmmmm…
