Hush

In the afternoon

Of orange blossom days

Hummingbirds rest

Above where we lay

You say it's okay

No need to fret

The weight of it all

Will ease as we find

The balance in each step we make

Swinging back and forth

In a palo verde tree

The wind in the needles

Hushes you asleep

And even with the strain

Your heart remains

Don't doubt why, darling

In time you will find

We're alright

We were born

Like the branch to bend

Not to break

Reconcile and resurrect

Tombstone rose

Growing up and over the gates

To where our children play

The future wraps 'round like vines

Inside these arms

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo, woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo

Darling, will you say

In our final embrace?

Before returning 'neath the place

After all, that your heart

Still remains