Long Ride Home - Patty Griffin (Texas Countryside)

When asked about "the life and death of it all" what is there to say?
The one is not the opposite of the other.
Death stands alone.
Life is to continue to walk on.
Walking when you want to stop.
Walking when every step you take is harder than the last.

I wish I could make it better.
Step back to when I could hold your hand in mine and make it ok.
Instead I watch you stand alone, inside yourself, in the shadow of death.
It is a shadow that encompasses and does not discriminate. It's so heavy.
It's senseless and time does not heal. Time scars. It haunts. Time helps us carry the weight of death.
Just remember, you are not alone. All you have to do is reach out. There will be a hand waiting.