But Not by Love

I hope when my time comes

I die in your arms,

Eyes close and silently drift off

Quietly, feeling my children's touch

Soft kisses to last me forever

I will never forget those that can never be taken from me then.

While I will miss other sunny days

Laughter and descendants, I will never know, but love anyway

I have to remain aware each day here is a gift

No matter how tough or hard or long

It will end, before I will ever be prepared

So unless there's a gun in my face or a knife in my back

I will not wary, I will not let trials and tribulations get me down

Even though it is nobler to take up the pains and sorrows of outrageous misfortune

It is to put them in their place and to hold each touch 

Each smile, each breath and scent

Of my loved one's life

More precious than golden stars

Indivisible and permanent

I will make my life in their hearts

And remain there after this mortal coil is spent

Leaving something of me that should pass beyond

While I lie there in my endless sleep

Separated by warmth and distance,

But not by love.

The Song:

But not by Love

Verse 1

When my time comes let me fold into our song,

Our never-ending dance that goes on and on.

My eyes will close; a quiet tide will carry me.

A cosmic love will be my reverie.

Chorus

Lay me down in the hush between the stars,

Our love will echo in the corners of your heart.

Send my Soul where the neon Suns are made,

We are the deepest love that never fades

Verse 2

Quiet self-surrender will anchor my calm,

I will not let the silence steal our song.

Better to feel the tide and then watch it fade away,

Living each touch, each breath, the light that always stays.

Bridge (spoken, soft)

Brighter than the stars in their silent dance,

Your embrace gives me sweet romance.

The rhythm of your pulse carries me home.

I am the quiet light that lingers on.

Verse 4 / Outro (fading)

Carved in starlight where our echoes serenade,

Each verse a memory; the music that we made.

Separated by time and space and the memory of

Our endless song, But not by Love.

Final Chorus (whisper / fade)

Lay me down in the hush between the stars,

All I am, will echo in the corners of our hearts,

Hold me tight love remembering,

Our love outlives the dark and never ends.