Mother of maladies

Feel me velvet ivory and fallen trees
The sky is thick, mother of memories
Mother of maladies
The moon is bright, I watch it almost every night
The sands of time play a game of rhymes
They win every line

Every night I am with you I feel it
Every night's not every night enough
All the time I spend with you I feel it
All the time's not all the time enough

Breathe me cleaner air, a gift from somewhere
The wait is long, I feel a summer breeze
Bring with it falling leaves
See a face, a warm embrace I feel it
The touch of skin, someone's back again
I always wonder when