From the recording Pet Loss & Love That Remains
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
They sent a card, a poem
about a field of green.
You running there with everyone,
the kindest place I’ve seen.
A gentle kind of telling
that sits against my chest.
I’ve been reading it all night,
whispering the rest.
[Pre-Chorus]
I fold my hands in quiet,
I breathe, say “let it be.”
[Chorus]
Is it true--are you waiting somewhere new?
Is your body light and easy,
free of what you knew?
I hold this tender picture,
I hold it close at night.
Are you really waiting
to put your paw in mine?
Please… let it be true.
[Verse 2]
They speak about a bridge there,
a hill of sun-warm grass.
You look up when you hear my name
and start to run at last.
I circle every sentence
like knocking at a door,
and read it in a whisper
the way I did before.
[Pre-Chorus]
The hours keep on turning,
my hands keep turning pages.
[Chorus]
Is it true--are you waiting somewhere new?
Do you find our evening porch light
when the sky turns blue?
I carry this small picture
the way I carry you--
and if there is a passing place,
let it open onto you.
[Bridge]
If love can cross a river,
I’ll wade it without proof.
If stories carry little light,
I’ll stand inside that truth.
[Chorus]
Is it true--are you just beyond my view?
If there’s a field that keeps us
till I find my way to you…
I speak your name in darkness,
and every night I do
what I can do--
I say your name, and ask,
is it true?