I let you take me by the hand
To follow where you led
“I’ll share my dreams with you,” you said,
“If you follow where I tread.”
“I have dreams of my own,” I said,
“A thousand sights I’d see.”
You said, “I’ll show you marvels
If you choose to stay with me.”
“I’ll be your sun in the day,” you said,
“I’ll give you the moon at night.”
So I put my dreams in a leaden box
And I locked my dreams up tight.
A lifetime I lived in your shadow
As we followed your path, you and I.
And when next I opened my box of dreams
It was just to watch them die.
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 