The Gallery Lyrics

I face you

Close enough to hold

Just beyond the folds

Of sheets

Hands kept so still

Yet held by

The cradle of your speech

The questions reach deep

And we

Lay seen

Cold posts bend against dark windowed sky

Stars shine through and cast our silhouettes silver-lined

And you

More than all

Pleasure to feel

That any

Woman could grant

Half heart or real

Fulfill me

By your side

Just beyond the crowd

Under murmuring shroud

We look out

From our bench

Though we're closer still

I drift out and back

Afloat on the slats

But swept by

Your light

Palm tree stills in graffiti colors

Common square and a lost and found lover

And there

More than all

Gladness to find

That any

Paradise bears

However refined

Fulfilled me

Barroom dim

A table set for play

Your old friends took me in

And our joy

Was unrestrained

You and I

With them yet alone

And more than I have ever known

A peace

With loves dynamic forms

You gave me a faithful warm glance

Took my shoulder so gently in hand

Your affection rippled my spirit

Time lapse love too fast to resist it

And then

My oldest woes

Were retreating foes

And the meaning

Of romance

Was no longer ruthless

It was you

I practice torturous ways

And suffer the victim's writhing decay

I follow subliminal lines

Hand-me-down pictures my youth provides

I punish myself with these memories

But now at least all can clearly see

I've got good reasons to love you endlessly

But I may never leave this gallery