All love is true
I heard him say
From upon a stumbling horse

But as he fell
The daylight turned
And the dreams I knew
Belonged to someone else.

A pair of bright eyes in a crowd...
What does it mean to stare?
I’m a little in love with you, but you won’t always be there.

Still I would give you all my trust
If you reach your hand to me
And whisper that you feel it too,
This instinct of belief.

I’d rather have
one moment true
Than a lifetime of careful proof;

Commitment of another kind
Is where I place my faith:
I do not need fine rings and things,
A house all locked and safe,

Just hold back nothing
Of your heart
And let your soul escape

To meet with mine in honesty
And take what time relates
To us in this unstable world—
A breath before we change.

I’ll think of you
From someplace far
And remember you with care

For all my life, this moment true
I’ll hold in gentlest palms:
A story of life, lived with love,
To carry through night into dawn.