Crickets

Jennifer Paige©2000

Night breeze stirs a memory of a wind-swept summer day

Bare feet cool in fresh-mown lawn, crickets beneath the willow tree

Where our sweat-beaded bodies watched the day unwind

When the time came for me to leave, the crickets quiet nocturne in tow

You said I could silence the night in that moment when our eyes met

The only two people in the world

You in your denim, I in my dress, and a cloak of stars about our shoulders

You smiled a smile so sweet it made me cry; the salt you tasted there was mine

I couldn't make myself say good-bye

Chorus     In front of all those crickets, watching us

                 Their song rivaling the midnight sky

                 All those crickets, they were watching us

Standing up, you took my hand to pull me closer like a need

Hand in my hair and whispering for one kiss more before the night retreated

And the sun took you six-thousand miles away

I got lost in lips you touched me with, a sweet intoxication of smoke and wine

We shared a breath, I quivered, reeling through the stars behind me with you in tow

And exploding, we silently sighed

Repeat Chorus

Reality returned as you pulled away, I couldn't let you go, no, not again

But my trembling hand let yours fall, trying to say those words I could never say

With a tongue like lead all I could do was wave

Repeat Chorus

Night breeze stirs a memory--

Still, I shake when I hear crickets

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