Springtime Indiana - Sandra McCracken

Springtime Indiana

You are sleeping by my side

Here across the miles we ramble

Past where the road divides

I wish I could tell you… but I just can’t find the words

I’ve never been good with my thoughts

And even worse with my words

But you read like familiar poetry

That I have never heard…

I wish I could tell you… but I just can’t find the words

So let’s move across the ocean

And pitch the tent stakes wide

You be the one to come after me

And I will be your bride…

I wish I could tell you… but I just can’t find the words

I am all at once courageous

I am all at once afraid

It came over me like nightfall

Like a freight train

I can’t seem to hold it in

But I can’t seem to run away

You came in without notice

And settled all around my heart

Took up residence in all the places

That were vacant and dark…

I wish I could tell you… but I just can’t find the words

Springtime Indiana

You are starting to wake

And I am laden with the thoughts

Of everything I mean to say

I wish I could tell you,

But I just can’t find the words.