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NOTION

pebbles on the beach, and i'm barefoot;

what is the notion here?

you whisper, settled, settled now,

i am with you.


let's make a memory map here, shall we?

mary in the clouds.

she's like paint swatches, you said,

reading in the bed,

lying on the mattress in the pickup truck.

the one who is ready to wed you.


paint the condo with me.

hide secrets in the walls;

would you like to do a word-play?

sure, don't know what it is, but the answer is yes.


settled.


the mountains are on fire.

show, don't tell -

"even this moment is bigger than we know."


if the rain is all we have together, is it enough?

because when he comes, he’ll be coming on thunderclouds. which means he will come with rain. promise me that, once you feel the sky water, wherever you are in the world, if you are capable, and can stand upon your knees, - promise me you’ll go outside and spin around in that latter rain we've longed for, for oh so long. 


and I promise that I, wherever I am in the world, if I am capable, will do the same. and we will know.


the orbit of your life has launched me into mine.

FRAME: THE SHATTERING PRECIPICE OF ETERNITY

the game to get by.

and wild forever in the meantime.

touching mysteries like in our orbit

not just a story.

oh, we're staying up all night, you and I.


FORWARD MOTION.


we laugh and whisper

to enjoy the taste of lemon in water

before it floods the earth as your crashing glory tidal wave

---- hey yeah,

and before you rain down in furious fire.


every seed dies before it grows ----

and I WANT TO SEE YOU.


touching your face, 

the bristles of your near.

when you're here.


swimming through streets for brayden and brooke.

strumming hallelujah for ashley.

our secret signal, first handshake,

like we've been best friends forever.

we go way back, you and I.


how can I be finding you and finding that I always knew you? finding nothing new, only finding everything so familiar


beneath the apple tree, it appears we were together.


cause it's living water we desire

come flood our hearts with holy fire


WHAT CAN YOU REALLY DO?


it's everything,

hailing from heaven.

harmonicas in the side rows.

white flags holy, holy, holy.

sunflowers, dandelions, roses,

faith, hope, love.

a ranger on a verdant ranch

descends down into gore canyon

and we dance maranatha, maranatha, come.

etched into our skin

arms together holy, holy, holy

sitting in the front rows. 

you know I like the window seat.

BRIDE   |   BRIDEGROOM

equal as one.

riddles you are, riding your waves, 

your breakers at the roots of the mountains.

I found you mid-dance.

suddenly surrounded by stellar tapestries,

gravity far behind us now.


cratering over it all.

it's you, it's you, it's you.

something so calm and clean.

you're fresh linen to me, dried in the sun.


do you remember when we were beneath the starry branches?

the christmas lights.

the beams of our house are cedars,

our rafters, cypresses.