We hiked over the sidewalks, through the rain, through the town

Skirting puddles and muddy ground

And singing, now you and I, now

She and I

Now one voice,

Now all of us

Past cars, past street

Our feet moved like nothing ever weighed them down

We settled into freedom and ignored the rain

Every pain we knew would come again

But none too soon

We were full of life, even as the night came, and the moon