Love songs for what matters

[greenstorm]

Love in unexpected places
In a winter of firelight
In your persistence
After two thousand days of seeking
Two thousand days of being the only one for whom my presence
Has ever brought
Peace

Turn about is fair play and I've never been fair
But now somehow--

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The young own the world and you're no exception:
Fearless, cocksure, taking every pleasure with the ease of long practice
Your lazy sprawl believes you are always welcome, always cherished
And by believing you make it so

**

When it started we didn't speak the same language
And for years I wished we could talk
But you lean on me when you're afraid and I've seen your dreams.
When I cry you're the safest place I know.
You dissolve my despair into peace.
We have our secrets:
I have yours and you have mine.

**

Safety used to be my head on the inner curve of a human arm
Held, and drifting to sleep
No one holds me like that anymore
And the memory fades
Replaced by the dance of flames
The smallest purring small spoon
And the sigh of a dog dreaming

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Guardian I named you
Spirit of the land
Soul of my earth.
I'd hoped you'd be brave
You have the courage to find joy every day.
How could I have known that not just wolves and bears but also desperation and despair would flee before you?
You see me as whole and protect me, map and purpose, flesh and soil
And inch by gleaming inch gain ground before my monsters.
Guardian of my land,
Soul of my earth,
Spirit of my spirit.