A Light in the Mirror

I woke before dawn yesterday morning
and sat there looking, breathlessly
your motionless figure outlined and shadowed
by oil lamp light

I sat there and watched you breathing
so perfectly in the early morning light
your skin as soft as velvet
glowing a pale white

And you capture me
and fill my memory
like all the stars in the heavens
my compass in the night

I traced your face by finger
I saw your grace
like a ghost I sat and lingered
by oil lamp light

One day you took my hand
and smiled so bright
you were all a glow
dressed in white

And now the days grow darker
and the air is cold
but my eyes are like a camera
taking in your glow

And you capture me
and fill my memory
like all the stars in the heavens
my compass in the night

Once I was a Stranger
working with the Forest rangers
Just outside Cashmere
In the cascade heights

And you capture me
and fill my memory
like all the stars in the heavens
my compass in the night