Free me unto nature
Make me one with land and sea

Release my spirit upon the mountains of the North
On wings of song soaring high and free

Send me South on route with floral valleys, their flowing streams
Spread my love among lands on pursuit through the darkest depth of seas.

Share my soul with the Oceans of the East
Forever gliding on the warm Westward winds of eternity.

For Ash once I was and continue to be
In life as in death I am boundless and free

I left my heart in the top pocket of her denim jacket,
The sickly sweet sugar of her bubblegum rubbing off on it
Making it less heavy, making it beat steady
And each time I saw denim in my mirrored reflection
I wondered if she stole my heart to keep as her confection.

I'd pause as
you'd say Grace,
fork hovering in space
even though I didn't
hold that faith.
Call it gracefull,
and you were grateful,
You were great...
at times
Moody and complex
enough to frustrate...
at times
Changed my mind
on a lot of things,
changed it back again,
enigmatic to the end.
Faith restored and lost
When this Angel was sent.
So I utter this grace
to our beginning
and our end.