Alpenglow

We rose before the sun knew us,

Frost burning soft on the fields

You reached for my hand like a promise

You weren't sure you could keep

But there-on the ridge-

The light broke like mercy

Not loud, not loud-

Just enough to stay

I spoke your name into the wind,

And it didn't take it away

Some echoes choose to stay,

Rooted in what we remake

We built warmth from the hush,

From the cracks and the wait

Even the broken things-

They shimmer, if you let them

Your laughter came back slowly,

Like spring through frozen ground

Not loud, not sure-

But I heard it

There-on the ridge-

The light broke like mercy

Not loud, not loud-

But enough to believe

Hold on,

Even the dusk has gold in it