Carry Me Home Tonight (my wonderful bride)

by E. Hyland Maze

 

On the eve of the end of sadder days

On this night when I have walked finally to the edge

I am glad that you are with me

That this challenge has found me with you by my side

 

Thankfulness swallows my pride

And I am overcome with gratitude

That loneliness will not be my adversary tonight

Knowing that your love holds me safely

 

I should have never come here

To this place where time does not heal its wounds

To this hell whose doors wait for me to jump

But I am glad my friend has walked here with me

 

Let’s not walk in, but let’s fly away

Give me lift by the wings of fondness and grace

And let forgetfulness rule our hearts as we soar

Past this black night that holds no promise of tomorrow

 

But, there is always tomorrow with you

You are the only tomorrow that has ever come

From any cloudy or rainy or dreary day

The only sunshine I have ever known is you

 

When my path wrapped around wandering

And my eyes settled on glistening phantoms of love

When my heart split and thought itself wise

Like rain I fell into fields of desperate flowers

 

No crown of thorns, now, is good enough for this shame

Take away any thought of piercing these hands

Let my feet be unworthy of the cold, hard spikes

Bury me not at the end of this road

 

There is no martyr here

All that is left is this broken hope

And this broken man who has only lived for love

And these shattered pieces of misguided bliss

 

Yet, I dare ask of you to still be here

Be my lover and friend and gather me in

With the arms that have known how to carry me

How to carry me, how to carry me, how to carry me home