We used to walk everywhere together Holding each other’s hand along the way Looking out onto the world with wonder Just you and I in love each day. We used to look up to the bright blue skies And watched the cloud animals at play Lost in our magical land of kindness Together we let all our cares slip away. How did you hold onto that tiny tree limb? When the dam broke and washed our crystal bridge away? Why did I leave you standing there alone in the pouring rain? When the skies had started to turn grey? I should have never strayed from your side When times were tough and our lives were strained When the invading hordes of the outside world Thought our magic land was theirs to claim. And there you were holding on with all your might Your lonely heart trying not to break Looking for anything to hold on to Believing I’d come back before it was too late. You told me not to mess with those flickering lights I thought I saw playthings, but you saw the truth I blinded myself to all the danger signs And blinded myself to what I could lose. And I left you standing out in the pouring rain My one precious treasure alone in the storm Cold and shivering you stood there alone in pain While I wandered from fire to fire to keep warm. How did you hold onto that tiny tree limb? When the dam broke and washed our crystal bridge away How did you not let go of believing in me That I would ride up and save the day? And while you were struggling, I was laughing Playing games without you night and day Sinking deeper into the quicksand Not even realizing it was all slipping away. All alone, you stood there drenched and cold Using all of your magic just to stay alive Trying to mend the cracks forming in that crystal bridge With the grains of love, you still had inside. From out of the distance, the wind bore my laughter Freezing your heart and filling it with pain My carelessness tore our magic bridge asunder And with it, all hope that remained. Yet there you clung with all the strength you had left Your precious heart refusing to believe That all of the magic had finally gone And there were no dreams left to weave. At long last I was waken to see my folly The mighty river that tore the bridge apart The mighty torrent that would sweep you far away If I couldn’t find the spell to mend your heart. How did you hold onto that tiny tree limb? With raging waters pulling you down Where did you find the courage to still believe in me? While I was causing the tears, in which you would drown. I found my way back to the enchanted path Running as fast as my legs would go Trying to find my way back to where I’d been before Before I had ever left you so Racing against time and my indisgressions I looked for the soul I had cast aside When I shed and tossed aside the unicorn Along with my best friend, my love, and my pride. I will not let you be washed away Oh, please just hold on tight a little more I know I’m close now I can hear the beating of your heart As it cries out to be loved once more. I passed a trash heap just beyond our magic land And I saw the form I used to be There was the unicorn that I once had been Lying cast aside among the debris. It was covered in soil and dirt and all tattered Not quite the shiny white coat it had been But it was a step back to what I still could be And so I donned my true skin again. Still you held onto that tiny tree limb Calling out for help to only one who could hear The thundering storm leaving you weakened and blinded With no way to know if I was near. Now I could run a little faster As I learned to gallop once again Inching closer to where you clung with all your love Where you’d been abandoned, alone to fend. The pouring rain washed my coat clean As I searched for the spell that would turn this all right Knowing that I would have to become more Than I’d ever been in all my life. I fumbled through all the incantations Every spell that I ever knew But this time so much more was needed, If I had any hope of rescuing you. And there was a spell that I had forgotten One that you had always used Some special magic made up of just your love That could bring out the most in one you’d choose. So I ran with abandon down the enchanted path Humming the love songs, you used to sing Feeling the warmth that I’d forgotten Wash over me and give me wings. In the distance your tired fingers were slipping Your head bent, bright eyes turning cold With just a flicker left still kept alive By a love more precious than spun gold. Now my tattered coat was gleaming Washed clean of the world and mended whole And now with wings born from your love Nothing could keep me from my goal. I hovered above you as you clung to that tiny tree limb With a timid voice, I called out your name And reached out to lift you out of harm’s way If only you could trust me again. Please let go of that tiny tree limb I will carry you safely away I know I left you all alone out in the storm But I promise this time I’ll stay. I will build our magic bridge back up I’ll do it one crystal at a time Until the span of it is as it was before When we used to walk it all the time. I will never leave you standing all alone Not in sun, nor wind, nor in storm Not while the sun is up in the sky Nor while the stars the sky adorn. Oh, please take my hand and fly away with me I know you’ve paid for my mistakes But you loved me this long, please don’t stop now Not when I know how much you’ve ached. Please let go of that tiny tree limb For I was blind, but now I see I didn’t realize how far I’d strayed Away from you and who I used to be. I want to walk with you hand in hand And watch the cloud animals play And lose ourselves in our land of kindness Letting all of our cares slip away. Please take my hand my only sunshine For I need a real angel today I’m tired of cutting myself on carnival glass And watching you slip farther away. That tiny tree limb is finally breaking Oh please take my hand once again and my heart I promise that this time will be the last And you and I shall never part. So please take my hand my love and my life Please let me make you feel loved, safe, and warm I will never again leave you standing all alone And I will protect you from all harm. There’s no time left now, the limb won’t hold you But my arms can if you’ll let it be Please don’t drown in the damage I did to us Please one more time, come back to me. ...Back to Kyranna's Place