cherry blossom

                   when cherry blossoms
                   scraped against the grass
                   so heavy was the burden
                   that I stepped around
                   walking as I would
                   (without the benefit of rain)
                   and miles
                   from where the story started
                   something caught between
                   I stumped my toe
                   on circumstance
                   never saw it coming
                   til was gone
                   waiting (watching)
                   holding high the lantern
                   would spill as candle
                   to the flame
                   fill the dark
                   with light of somewhere else
                   (pull the curtain back)
                   let the blossoms scream
                   a garden
not for me the going went
                   or where was I before
                   (you never saw)
                   the path I took
                   and led you long
                   into the world was us
                   (I miss it so)
                   how to find my way
                   back there to this
                   crawled into the drink
                   was cherry blossoms
                   reaching for the light
                   that was my
                   love