D. J. Beattie - Five Gifts lyrics

In the early seasons of innocence Before much wisdom's gained We were eternally bound together Like the autumn and the rain Devoted through the infinity Of a child's springtime years With the fire of joyful playing In my heart her memory is seared All traces of her have vanished Buried by the sands I still guard her gifts with pa**ion They spurred me to expand Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Browning Words and visions below and above But the gift most highly treasured She enlightened me to love This retarded language that confines Is so lacking and impaired Words meanings are insufficient When to her they are compared A friend with knowledge of the years Whose reliable honesty has shred The hidden veils of self deceit Without unraveling the threads She and I just might have been Traveling a path as one Except for choices that had steered Us towards two different suns Now when confusion and uncertainty Assault my being Her calm words aid in mustering strength To repel and not for fleeing She has newly come into my life With insights that abound Though she seems quite unaware They are soberly profound It's obvious by her searching sight She holds answers that are known Her questions often give to me Understanding of my own