I Asked You

It's the long road I've chosen
Winding in and winding out
Of the answer around which we all dance
And I believe
That my journey will lead me home
To the heart of my seeking

It's all distilled from the timeless moment
Out of which anything can happen
It smells like herbs and apple cake
Or the morning as I walk through the forest
Smelling the dirt and the dew and fir needles
The river rushing in the distance

It might have been the time
When the threshold of my consciousness
Practically disappeared and I saw past the illusions
Which tend to hold us and I could have been anywhere
But I knew you were forever and beautiful
And I asked what you wished for me

You wished for me a sweetheart and children
And implored me to hold fast to my vision
Because the greatest thing of all, you said
Can never be mentioned
And you told me that to find myself I must lose myself
And here I am...

You'll never believe where I've been and what I've done
You won't believe the reasons I've been gone
You couldn't know that you are always in my prayers
And I daily ask blessings for the world
And I ask it all through you
You'll never believe... but I'm sure you knew.