Things I'll Never Do

Of all the things I'll never do These were the ones I wanted the most To hold my heart out without thought To know for once that I wasn't lost But these are things I'll never do Lovely things I'll never share Distant dragonflies of frost That melt away when I come near Mind the heart It's much too weak to last beneath the snow Mind the heart Its follies haunt you to everywhere you go The soft defenseless hidden words The faint pathetic flickering of hope Those gentle things are not for you And nothing in this world can make it so Of all the things I'll never do These were the ones I wanted the most To find a haven in your arms To fall and know that I would be caught But these are things I'll never do Warm, sweet things I'll never know Stinging seeds that came to fall On fallow soil where nothing grows Mind the heart inside Mind the heart inside It wore itself out carrying the load Of all the things that will not be And nothing in this world can make it whole Be the slow river's flow And yield to the waters that sang my childhood's sleep Kneel, breathe out and let go A moment of courage is all it takes All I am, all I know Dissolving in red swirls Of all the things I'll never do These were the ones I wanted the most To fill my words and days with joy To feel the love consuming the void But these are things I'll never do Just useless dreams that lingered on They couldn't live here in the cold And they won't matter when I'm gone