love you this way...

being whispered to a loved one during a tight embrace before parting ---- "i love you openly... i love you so dearly that i will not hinder your freedom, your growth... and in those moments that you need me, i will still be here to bring you back home... safe with me..."

I know you’re gone
I watched you leave
I always thought
That it was me
You made it clear
With that last kiss
couldn’t live a life
With maybe’s and whatif’s

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved
When every road
Has had it’s say
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay

I have the cards you sent to me
You wrote of trains and paris galleries
This spring you’ll draw
Canals, and frescoed walls
Look how far your dreaming’s gone

When every town looks just the same
When every choice gets hard to make
When every map is put away
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay

And now I know why you had to go alone
Isn’t there a place between

When every boat
Has sailed away
And every path
Is marked and paved

When every road
Has had it’s say
Then I’ll be bringing you back
Home to stay

Reach out to me
Call out my name
And I would bring you back again
Today

~josh and the weed