Dear Friend

Dear friend, I'm thinking of you
April showers are pouring down
As I sit to write this letter
Spring is coming round

I've been keeping warm with ginger tea
Trying to move the chill in the air
I've been dreaming of weaving
Maytime flowers in my baby's hair

How've you been, how's your lady
Are you writing good poems these days?
I've always liked the one you gave me
Of dead sunflowers in Spain

How'd it go last night in Toronto?
Did you pluck the heart of your cello?
Did you see the woman crying
In the shadows of the back row?

Did you feel your heart beating?
And the whole world breathing?

Late last night I had a dream
I was walking along in a forest
In a clearing ahead there was endless summer
And people singing in chorus

Do you remember when we were kids
Come November we'd greet the winter
We had too much fun to feel the cold
Or worry about getting old

We felt our hearts beating
And the whole world breathing

Even though I'm far away
And the hours get shorter every day
I think of you often, it makes me smile
And the space between us melts away for a while

I feel our hearts beating
And the whole world breathing