Letters - Branches

I went through old letters that you wrote me

And followed your words to the bottom of the page

To find all the things that you tried to show me

Months ago at the bottom of the page

All the words that I once knew

Oh, I gave to you, yes I gave to you

And all of the words that I want to know

Have dried up in the back of my throat

I set sail across your words

Hoping never to find shore, never to find shore

And in the ocean of ink, I started to sink

Before your words filled my lungs with breath again

There in the light of the evening city sky

The yellows and pinks tell my heart to think

And my mind to feel this love that is real

And to let my lips say at last everything you mean

So I whisper slow, three words you already know

And the marching band falls in line

And the symphony leads your lips to mine!