Three Floors Above

    by Riley Lincoln

WPB Florida

Sept. 20 ?

      

    Here I stand at the bottom of the stairs

Three floors above is my only love

   I left a little over a year ago

I hiked through thousands of miles

  Of ice and snow

But now I'm back

   And in my pack

I have a little sack

   And it's full of that stuff

Men die for

   There's enough gold to buy a little farm

Have those kids you always dreamed about

   Grow us a little garden

Sit on the porch together

   Under the stars above

And think of nothing but our love

My heart beats with pride

   As I take my first step to the first floor

I'm so happy I don't have to wait any more

   I see the top of the first floor

Only two more floors to go

   I have reached the top of the first floor

Ready to head up the steps

   To the second floor

I've never felt like this before

   

   I'm to the top of second floor

Only one floor more

   Ready to go to the third floor

I see a light by her door

   Only a few steps more

I see a little note on her door

It says "Lucy May doesn't live here any more"

   She waited more than a year

She now lives in heaven

   Up on the thousandth floor

Where her heart won't be broken any more

   She waited as long as she could

God has taken her away as he said he would

           A Thousand Floors Above