{Note #24} Purposely traded with edges over jaded For the comfort of the fireplace And discipline to stay chaste From breaking From breaking more You guessed at the scenes So many terrible, treacherous things But all was above me [Chorus:] My sister has no brother All my children have no mother They'll say we could've saved her But heaven help them had I been braver And my soul mate has no lover Cause I told me that I'm over And there'll never be another To replace me and my trouble -- Spurned by my dreams When you burned off the seams By the possibilities of a greener day And the blending of my old and new ways From breaking To breaking for you You picked your own path And I could respect you for that But it was all above me [Chorus] Oh come now don't say it Don't claim to miss me I'll crush you with circumstance; So many times you chose Over me, god knows what I've got a call to arms So lay down your hands Pounding the alarm Just to make my stand [Chorus] What all is left for us here You gave it up and fulfilled my fear What is left, my dear?
~K. Winters