Walk Beside Me

I've walked through fields of rust and gold. Past porch swings creaking,

tales untold. The gravel hums beneath my feet, where memory and mourning meet.

I've carried burdens light and grave. Watched kindness bloom, watched tempers cave. But through it

all I longed to find, a steady hand, a listening mind. So walk beside

me, not ahead. Let's share the silence, words unsaid.

Through winding roads and skies that bend, be my compass, be my friend.

Walk beside me till the end. There's a school bell ringing in my

chest, a lunchroom laugh I still love best. A dog that