Yellow House

1/05/09
When people are dying, they often report seeing a light in the darkness, and they want to go there to be with their family. The other day, Ian held up his hand, and told me he had found a Yellow House where we could live, and that I could go if I jumped into his hand. I asked him to tell me about the yellow house, and he said it was warm, and the light was soft. It was on an island, between a hill and the beach, and that Krishna made it for us. Then he tried to get me to jump into his hand, and he wouldn't let up - I just wasn't trying hard enough, he said.

It made me think he was seeing the light. I think he's getting ready to go. If this is what he sees when he's leaving us, then I'm so happy for him. I'll miss him, but I have to let him go to that Yellow House.

The next day, I wrote this song...

Yellow House

We played a game of I love you more
and you always won -
with a promise of love that was never ending
how could you know?

But I taught you always to keep your words
and it isn't fair
to hold you to that eternal tending
how could we see?

So we walked to the yellow house you kept in your hand
opened the door and stepped outside
on the silver beach we ran in the sand
played off the waves, swam through the tide

And watched a red sunset that I keep in my heart
I let go your hand and stepped inside
we walked our long roads home, apart
and we walked our long roads home…

I played a game of I love you still
and freed your soul
but no one can free what no one can own
how could I know?

You went to a place where I could not follow
and I let you go
but in your heart you are never alone
how could you see?

So we walked to the yellow house you kept in your hand
opened the door and stepped outside
on the silver beach we ran in the sand
played off the waves, swam through the tide

And watched a red sunset that I keep in my heart
let go your hand and stepped inside
we walked our long roads home, apart
and we walked our long roads home…




© Dirk Pierce 2009
 

2 comments:

  1. Your song is beautiful. It almost made me cry. Is it possible to buy an MP3 of it? Thank you for writing it.

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  2. Your song is beautiful. It almost made me cry. Is it possible to buy an MP3 of it? Thank you for writing it.

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