There is a Meadow in My Perfect World

There's a meadow

in my perfect world

Where wind dances

the branches of a tree

Casting leopard spots of light

across the face of a pond

The tree stands tall

and grand and alone

Shading the world beneath it.

There will come a day

when I rest against its spine.

And look out over a valley

where the sun warms, but never burns.

I will watch leaves turn

Green, then amber, then crimson

Then no leaves at all.

But the tree will not die.

For in this place,

winter never comes.

It is here, in the cradle

of all I hold dear,

I guard every memory of you.

And when I find myself frozen

in the mud of the real

far from your loving eyes,

I will return to this place,

close mine

and take solace in the simple

perfection of knowing you.

- from Wind River featuring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen