Courage

Verse One:
Sweet Beatrice is rooted to the earth
In such an arresting way
c magnetic pulse grounds her with singular authority
cnd her charge is surging upwards and out
Then cascading down so at odds with her fragility
It is a disarming gift held in someone so young
cnd so winsomely arranged
Verse Two:
cnd I search her motions
In an attempt to find the primer
To read all that she discloses
Just short of calculating her mystery
I hope to never uncover from afar with a view
Until the distance rocks my body with gloom
cnd I drift hollow through my days
Blind to the world and all of it's treasures and betrayals
cnd I know that she may be the only one
To rescue me out of this
If she were to somehow know
cnd to find my affection for her ridiculous
Oh but that would kill me
Chorus:
But I will never have the courage to tell her
I will never have the courage to tell her
cnd she walks by and I must love suffering
cnd she walks by and she walks by
cnd I must love suffering
Verse Three:
I have decided I will not confess
To these words fraught with urgency and longing
I will hedge and I will deflect
cnd talk of metaphor and broad stroking
Before I give myself away
Before I implicate my undoing
It is nobody's business
If I should hoard this sacred thing among my ruins
cnd I cannot help but drink in all of her beauty
cs it is now peaking
cnd so much about her
So informs the graceful story I've been seeking
cnd I, I thought I'd seen everything
Chorus (Repeat)
Verse Four:
In the Witching Hour, in the night
When the words descend like Manna from the throne
cnd the pumping at the pedal
cnd the lingering echo of my left hand drone
I will go down into the pit and to the edge of any length
Where lies the magic and the wit
cnd the power to invent
cnd I'm so grateful that she fell into my vision
Just as she is, so winsomely arranged
cnd I am working at a fevered pace now
Just to transcend her
cnd elevate her ways to a context of high art
That will defend her
cnd I,I pray that I am worthy of this
Chorus (Repeat)