to sleep in your arms

when i came to sleep in your arms
your door was closed but your heart was still open

i went to find the key
it could have been in an adjacent room
instead of across a raging sea
where i found myself tied to the turning mast
and my ears were full of woe

i heard you give your sage advice
but wasn't sure which way to go:

honey i was your mariner
and i braved the steel-eyed storm
i led the way across a battlefield
and saw the sad forlorn

i hiked to the nearby mountain top and grabbed a lightening strike,
mixed it into a rainbow that i thought that you might like

i stood in the middle of the highway
and braved a thousand stares

and made a fancy salad with crumbly cheese and pears

i traveled to the ends of the Earth and listened to the tides
tried to find the answer but all it does is hides

and all along the twisty path i kept looking high and low

i heard you give your sage advice
and now knew where to go.