Northern Lad

Greg I love you
as you wind your way
over that dusty back road
The sun on your back
the wind in your hair
your life on your mind
Your weary history
stretched out behind
And I am simply
a broken fence
that lies down
beside your past
As so many before me
lie broken beside the road
and so many well after
And though
you were my first true love
and can surely not be the last

Greg I love you
as you travel
far and beyond
roaming forever
because nowhere is home
I pray you'll always remember
how long it took
to climb over me
And mark on me
the day you learned to climb
and to travel by climbing
And to believe that you could

Greg I love you
as the clouds part
to show a rainbow
over dusty hills
May the sun
always guide you back
to the selves of you
that you will grow to love

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