I dreamt of one more summer and wake in a sweat with snow in my bed
The things I can't let go of shake out of my head like sand in the tent
Sleeping on the beach in Oregon when the world was so enormous
And we swam in it, it was ours
The calamity wasn't far but we were safe then

I dreamt I was a statue frozen in bronze, outstretching rusted arms
Reaching over towards you: the pace of your heart the nurses and alarms
With my face against the window and that rattle in your lungs
Then the silence, then the cold, then the emptiness unfolds
From where there once was

I dreamt of snow on hot springs, of patterns in trees, of life without debris
That snow is always swirling, and only I can see, unfolding over me
Going back into the forest where our love was so enormous
And we swam in it, it was ours
Dancing underneath infinite stars
You were close to me, never far
You're still here with me, there you are
And we are safe again