A new-found freedom was with us,
My love and I could go to more places.
So on that first day we went to the lake.
We looked over the water
That shone like a mirror.
The sun so bright in the sky,
The sky so clear and blue
Except for the streaks of white,
That were painted in it heights.
The green of the trees around us,
Nature at its brand-new ripeness
Surrounded us as we stared,
Stared at the beauty so much missed
In the time of struggle,
Where my lover could not reach this place.
We were now set free
As she sat in her wheelchair,
Delight written all over her,
So relaxed once more,
Now that she, and I,
Were at one with nature.