Streaming light within the garden walls
I was sitting on the cement bench
Having fled the cold, dark halls
Holding open one of my favorite books
Sitting there within one of my favorite
Reading nooks
Tucked just at the curving juncture
Snuck just around the little bend
Shaded by the elm tree
Reading about things that could have been
Reading about things that just might be
In a world so far from you and me
Sunlight streaming in
Sunlight beaming in
Setting a small flower in a glimmer
Setting a small flower into a shimmer
How hope blooms in the garden
How the dark is driven back
How you came around the corner
Unforeseen and unexpected
How you walked the curving path
To end up in my favorite spaces
To end up in my favorite places
I felt a little shiver in the shade
I looked into your eyes and thought
I had it made, but you kept walking
Kept walking right on by this perfect place
And I bent back toward my book
At least I’d had a look
At what the future just might hold
If I could just be bold
With the sunlight streaming in
With the sunlight beaming in
How hope blooms in the garden
How the dark is illuminated
How you must have turned around again
As you’re sitting next to me right now
Sitting carefully by me now
With permission
Asking what I’m reading
A lively discussion
In the garden with the glimmer
In the garden set to shimmer
And the summer never ends
Summer never ends now
