Side By Side

 

Was I the priest, were you the nun?

Was I the bishop and you the queen?

These are the stones that witnessed our vows

And where are you now?

 

Here is the altar, here is the gate

Here is the grass under our feet

Here are the meadows where we did love

And here is the grave

 

Side by side and lying in peace

There in the earth I know this place

Trust in the present, believe in the past

In the future of life

 

Are these the windows where we leant

Are these the cloisters where we learned

How did it end, this life long ago

And where are you now?

 

Sometimes in sleeping, sometimes in birth

Sometimes in living here on this earth

We are together throughout all time

As in one breath

 

Sometimes in dreaming, sometimes in birth

Often in living and even in death

We are together throughout all time

As in one breath