And I keep you with me
Always singing those sweet songs
to me in a perfect harmony
real and allowed but quietly in my head
you sing them louder and louder when I need
I try to keep from raising their level
keep them quiet and soft like faint reminders
like worn pictures and frayed blankets
sweet soft memory of you
my dear father, will you sing to me
in my sleep and again in my dreams
for i walk among dreams now
Living your life through my own
take that song and sing it with me
with my mouth and with this heart
pull it tight, and make it snap
back to myself, and away from your dreams
