Rings of care

I've watched the frost stitch silver lace

Seen newborn mornings find their face

Lovers carve their fleeting vows

Smoke drift thin from distant house

Generations flare and fade

Firefly bright

Then unmade

I've walked these hills with hurried feet

Chasing clocks and concrete streets

Built my towers toward the blue

Forgot the soil that held me true

I thought the sky was mine to claim

Never learned your patient name

All your human worries seem so small

You could come and rest beside me after all

I was here when your granddad met your gran

I was here when they put a ring on her hand

Here when they put you in your mother's arms

Now

Child

You want to cut me down?

Do you think you'll care when I'm not around?

I know the joy of seeds that start

And branches blown from storms apart

Heard the thunder shake the ground

Felt the rot and smelled the sound

What we make is temporary

You and I

We're only very

I see the sunlight catch your crown

Where once I only saw the ground

When the city seems to tire

You make me strong and take me higher

What we make is temporary

You and I

We're only very