Kate's Guitar - Greg Brown

If I had a peaceful heart

It would look like this-

Some trees & hills, a creek

By which to kiss-

The fog would be this cool

The hawk would sail that far

And the song I’d hear

Would come from Kate’s guitar

I know why we live

& I know why we die-

I know why we laugh

& I know why we cry

But I don’t know how this

Color of sky invites the evening star

& I don’t know how such peacefulness

Found a home in Kate’s guitar-

In the hills of California

Lovers struggle on-

There’s discussions in the kitchen

A tired embrace at dawn-

Kate left but I don’t think

She really went that far-

Sometimes I swear there’s

More than two hands

Playing Kate’s guitar