Promises

Thank you for the promises You gave me hope to cling to... To carry with me all my life I've kept them in my backpack I've seen them written in the sky I've seen them in the sunrise I've seen them in my children's eyes... Thank you for the promises I've felt them soothe my spirit Like the sunshine gently warms the grain Like the moon shines over sleeping hills And the dawn brings sound of needed rain And now I sit here upon the steps that I have always known I recall that endless summer eve that went beyond the river's calm.... A promise made, that you would be always here,....right next to me And now that I have grown,.... I look, but I can't see you,.... But, I can feel you in the wind .................. _____________________________________________________ Francine's Contest: Gordon Lightfoot's Song: "Thank You For The Promises"