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Secret Gardens

from Valerie by Valerie J Miller

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My grandmother's house is still there

But it isn't the same

A plain wooden cottage

A patch of brown lawn

And a fence that hangs bending

And sighing in the Seattle rain

I drive by with strangers

And wish they could see what I see

A tangle of summer birds

Flying in sunlight

A forest of lillies

An orchard of apricot trees

Secret Gardens of the heart

Where the flowers bloom forever

I see you shining through the night

In the ice and snow of winter

Great grandfather's farm is still there

But it isn't the same

The barn is torn down 

And the fences are gone

And the Idaho wind blows 

The topsoil away every Spring

I still see the ghosts

Of the people I knew long ago

Inside the old kitchen

They bend and they sigh

My life passed them up 

And the world in its way passed them by

Secret Gardens of the heart

Where the old stay young forever

I see you shining through the night

In the ice and snow of winter

But most of all

It's me that has changed

And yet I'm still the same

That's me at the weddings

That's me at the graves

Dressed like the people 

Who once looked so grown-up and brave

I look in the mirror

Throught the eyes of the child that was me

I see willows bending

The season is Spring

And the silver blue sailing birds

Fly with the sun on their wings

Secret Gardens of the heart

Where the seasons change forever

I see you shining through the night

In the ice and snow of winter

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from Valerie, track released October 1, 2014

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Valerie J Miller California

Valerie Miller is an award-winning singer and actress in film, TV, theater, recordings, concerts, & opera. Recordings: her album “Valerie,” an operatic aria on the soundtrack of the film “All The Right Moves," and her single “Angles" (#6 worldwide on New Age Voice Magazine's Vocals chart). Her spinto soprano voice is characterized by its power, range, agile beauty, and exciting dramatic climaxes. ... more

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