I came upon a house
In a place I'd never been before
All painted white and open doors

With the sunlight dancing on the floor
I saw the wind in the spring trees
Smelt the poplar and the sun's heat

And the meadows lie sleeping.

I found myself in a pale room

With a bolted door
And a beautiful silence
I saw a woman lying there


With the sunlight entwined in her auburn hair
And through the window floated many things

Photographs and letters and her wedding ring
And a child voice speaking.


I came upon a house
Somewhere I'd never been before
And in this lace of light and dark

I feel my heart sing joyously inside me.