All That Time - Fernando Ortega

Roses outside the window screen

A breeze that lingers in the blinds

A song and a prayer to slow the time

A couple of chairs pulled in a line

He remembers to breathe and then forgets

He says, come on, we let him rest

Into the golden afternoon

Much too long and over soon

This is the moment that lovers part

He tries to take her but he cannot

The long years ending with a sign

And all the anguish, all that time

It may have been love that held them fast

Or want of love that made it last

Our long arms hanging at our sides

All that time, all that time

Wasn’t it love that made him cry?

And love that seemed to pass him by

The voices raised, the voices kind

And then the silence, for all that time

This is the ending we will take

For one another, for always

A well of tears, a wall of pride

And all our love, for all that time