If I had to live anywhere else
I’d like to live by a rivers side
to watch the water flow
clear in spring and yellow
amber wine in summer
then brown in Autumn
with the waters full in spate.
And I could wash away the regrets
and worries, and that feeling
that I’ve failed you badly
If I had to live somewhere else
I’d want to live by the sea
overlooking a wide estuary
and walk along the gathering shore
to look underneath wrack
and peer into clear pools
that tides wash clean.
And maybe the sea
could wash away the sorrow
the regret for all the pain.
If I had to live anywhere else
I’d want to live where the air
in the summer stays cool and clean
so maybe a clearing in a forest
with stands of great trees
and a spring of clear water
that I could drink and slake
my thirst for the calm
of a quietening soul
and feel the certainty of you.
RAC
