Afire Love

Things were all bright yesterday
And then the devil made it gray, I'd say
A dream, a fight, a silent shade
Stomach cancer, all the life it made
My favorite human, gone in a raid
Leaving only shadows, making me afraid

Darling hold me in your arms, of all you've known
The way you did last night, with gentle alone
Afire love, what you say
Now just embers, fading away
Dreams stole you while I pray
A wound that makes my heart feel gray

Things were all good, just as a day
And then the devil, made it all gray
No goodbye, just a bitter way
Emptiness that makes me feel gray
You were my grace, not a sway
Now all is broken, feeling so gray

Darling hold me in your arms, of all you've known
The way you did last night, with gentle alone
Afire love, what you say
Now just embers, fading away
Dreams stole you while I pray
A wound that makes my heart feel gray

Your smile, your hand, I see, like a stray
Every memory, though things are gray
Grief, they say, will fade and be away
But life is silent, and very gray

Darling hold me in your arms, of all you've known
The way you did last night, with gentle alone
Afire love, what you say
Now just embers, fading away
Dreams stole you while I pray
A wound that makes my heart feel gray

Afire love, in my heart you'll obey
Even now when things feel so gray
Afire love, gone too fray
Afire love, now I feel delay