Author: Hannah Stokes

I was told that if I said
The right words that are in my head
I would be held and home
Never to let go 

But the words I find are undefined
I don’t know how to make them mine
If only I could write my own
Reach inside my soul

The songs I write are out of time
My tongue has fallen out of line
I knit my thoughts into a broken cloth
Never to be sold

To think to feel is what makes us real
But to share in words is the letters seal
I don’t belong in this open book 
Forever I am closed

Now I have 
spoken words that are not mine
I’ve taken the mind to take and take time
But one day soon I will make myself home
In the light of the love that I’ve found and I’ve grown
Oh love of my life this light I have know
Love of this light shows the way home

I thought I was climbing this mountain right
But now I’m rolling down the other side
My body is an anchor as my fears take flight
I never thought you’d love me, I guess I was right 

Over and over I’ve walked this hike
But you stand at the top and look at me like
Once I reach your level you’ll push me back down
But still I have hope for tomorrow when I hit the ground 

This mountain’s height towers far above 
It will eclipse my heart and hide the one I love
My eyes are bound to you my mourning dove
But you turn me away when push comes to shove 

Yesterday I missed you, so I called your phone
But quickly I deciphered that no one was home 
Now it’s been a week, I guess you’re still gone
I never knew somebody could “lose their phone” for so long

This mountain’s hight towers far above
But you turn me away when push comes to shove

Now I can see that you’re no good for me

Let down after let down, you’ve blurred my sight
But now I’ve found my mountain and I’ve claimed this height

I have never seen 
hands that hold so gently 
Features doused in light
My eyes catch fire when lips collide 

The safety of your smile is a song 
That I wouldn’t mind spending my whole life singing along to
And those doe eyes never say goodbye
Cause in my mind these stars are just now starting to fill my sky

Oh, my little adventurer
Won’t you come home and dance with me 
Share your thoughts and your secrecy
Oh, my little adventurer

Your soft brown hair only makes me stare sometimes
Your hands they fold perfectly when they’re in mine
You give me gifts and treasures
That I will hold in my heart forever

Oh, my little adventurer
Won’t you settle down and lie with me 
Share your thoughts and your secrecy
Oh, my little adventurer

When you left to move to the coastline
You left a gaping hole on my insides
I’m sure in a little while I’ll be alright
But right now I’m facing the realities of life

Oh, my little adventurer
Won’t you come home and sit with me
Drink this tea, oh I’m so lonely
Oh, my little adventurer

You started out a solemn soul
Eyes of sterling and wings of gold
Hollow bones filled with hope
Help to take you where you want to go

So you packed up all your things and went
But weight accompanies time well spent
The hollow spaces you once knew
Became heavy as you grew and grew

A burden it is to travel light
Not on the body, but on the mind 
Let it down every once in a while
Come back home after mile after mile

Fill your books with 
Pressed plants and poetry
Empty your heart of the things that you’ve seen 

But don’t let me keep you
I know you have soaring to do
Just please don’t let go of me
Through all of the things that you see
I always knew you would leave
Right now I’m just trying to find peace
Just promise you will stay true
But do not let me keep you

Just promise you will return 
And tell of all the things you’ve learned 
But don’t let me keep you
I don’t know what I’ll do