The prison sky was low
As only he would know
A time when hope knew only bounds
Men in uniform doing as they’re told
For his body bars of iron,
Cage his heart in bars of gold
With hopes so low at first
Few feared it could get worse
But a day, a week, a month, a year
And the fire that was kept you forgot to hold
You may not miss the sweat
But the heart, the heart is cold
Then in the yard, I could watch the butterflies
And laugh as water filled my eyes
And feel the yearning in me rise
Just as a song with a familiar melody
Came in hopes of rescuing me
Suddenly flees
A dull moon over her
And you’re not who you were
The crumbling shells of promises
Stories of our love never to be told
A glory yet reserved for the heart
The heart that’s bold
Just as a song with a familiar melody
Came in hopes of rescuing me
Suddenly flees
Abducted down a road
From a future we were owed
All our days and weeks and months and years
Blurring into one as the heart gets old
You may feel all is lost, but the heart is bold
With hands ready to burn for the heart that’s cold
And there’s time enough to learn that the heart
The heart is gold
