When Our Eyes Meet

When our eyes meet in the half-dark glow

Made by the warm coal of the half-dead fire

(That we let fade as the sun set slow)

I see in them a love we've made with time

From the time of calm when we first met

When we took time to walk in the warm sun

Or sit in the cafe with a hot tea set

And talk of all that yet may come

To the time of pain when life felt long

When the sun was warm on the cold urn

That we had to bury with a sad song

And talk of all we knew was gone

When our eyes meet in the half-dark glow

Of the fire we let fade to less than coal

I see a love we've made from good and bad

And I am glad for all the time we've had