Heavensent (Simeon revisited)

Like the old man I would wait
all entwined with my fate
till the child slept in my arms
safe and sound and beyond harm

Like the old man I would wait
from the morning until late
till the child was in my arms
and then I'd leave the farm

     oh the waiting game
     don't I know it my friend
     but all waiting games
     are meant to end
     heavensent
     heavensent

Now I'm neutral as the land
no place left for me to stand
and my heart is running wild
as I've looked upon the child

      refr.

And I swoon and seem to float
all at sea on a strange boat
and the child is at the oar
yes we know what it's come for

I remember, then forget
all the people I have met
now I'm going, now I'm gone
while the child smiles on and on

      refr.


1995.