The Evening’s Widening - Maggie Kearney

The Evening’s Widening By Maggie Kearney St. Catherine’s Records Copyright 2026 Lyrics: [Verse 1] You leave the porch light on for the moths While I rinse two cups beside the sink The garden gave us crooked carrots And a paper bag of beans The maples turn behind the schoolyard Red as apples left to bruise You tell me time is not a thief It only changes what it chooses [Chorus] So come sit close, the evening’s widening There’s still some heat beneath the stone We are not late, we are arriving To a life we’ve made our own [Verse 2] Your jacket hangs beside the doorway With a receipt from yesterday A loaf of bread, some coffee, batteries And a note I kept away The creek has moved its little border Since the spring broke through the bank I watch you measure out the quiet Like there’s more of it to thank [Chorus] So come sit close, the evening’s widening There’s still some heat beneath the stone We are not late, we are arriving To a life we’ve made our own [Bridge] If the years put silver in our hair Let them, let them, let them stay We’ll mark the doors and mend the chairs And learn the weather by the day [Final Chorus] Come sit close, the evening’s widening The first frost writes across the lawn We are not lost, we are becoming And there is more to carry on [Outro] Leave the porch light on for the moths We’ll be asleep, before their gone.