Only After

Friends talk about your laugh With a smile you can forget the past Birds linger for stories told In the trees like they're panning for gold Time glanced around your stare Took your hand you were deeply aware You went looking somewhere inside Now you wonder how the stars hang so high It's hard to watch You'll find the nerve Only after it hurts You set out without a plan Just a map to a world made of sand I dreamed you drowned the sea Mocked the waves until they answered with me Through the fire or the flood Waits the earth for the heart that will bud And be true to pull me through Be the light and the guide I can trust It's hard to let go It's hard to let go I'll find the nerve Only after it hurts Some days are more an act Moving on but still looking back