She Appears

[audiofool]

She appears
over hill and glen
every now and then
in the mist of mind

under a dark gray shroud
laughs are seldom allowed
she appears
for the chance to be kind

all my fears dissipate
forgotten are the tears
gone is the leaden weight
I've carried all these years

she appears
over the rocks and tall trees
made small by debt and disease
calling me to her side

under a cosmic spell
into the black I fell
she appears
heaven opens wide

for the times that time forgot
the good that could have been
a play without a plot
nine times out of ten

she appears

all the gold
money couldn't buy
her silver locks shimmer
like the diamond in her eye

all my fears dissipate
forgotten are the tears
why should I bow to fate
or pose to please my peers?

She appears.