You were the coal
she was the fire
that warmed your skin

and all within
memories to hold
her trembling fingers

held all they'd known
as she went on


oh, sweet orchard
shade the growing light
holding softly to my weary eyes


thousands of all
hunger inside

these withering eyes
a face, hiding so silently
burns to know

the love that grows here

oh, sweet orchard

let forgiving strands of light
break my silence
burn the night

oh, sweet waters
flow with love for me inside
cast me quietly unto morning's light


oh, burn through the night, burn
oh, love burn through the night