I see you’ve disappeared again.
Curled up quiet in the hallway.
Trying hard to make the whole world
Go away.
I wish I could carry
Even half the weight you bear.
I can’t promise all the answers…
But I can promise…
I’m still here.
Let’s find…
One more sunrise.
One more reason.
One more breath.
Don’t decide forever
Based on
How today has felt.
Sometimes…
Getting out of here…
Means getting through
Tonight.
Your mind keeps telling stories
That your heart was never meant to hear.
Every whisper sounds like truth
When you’re drowning in your fear.
Pain is an awful translator.
It convinces us we’re done.
But I’ve seen enough tomorrows
To believe…
Another one’s still coming.
If your strength has left,
Borrow mine.
If your hope is gone,
Borrow mine.
If your faith grows quiet,
Sit beside me
Until it learns
To speak again.
You don’t have to win today.
You don’t even have to smile.
Just promise me
You’ll stay here
For one more little while.
Sometimes healing
Doesn’t arrive
Like lightning.
Sometimes…
It sounds exactly like
Someone saying…
“I’m not leaving.”
Let’s find…
One more sunrise.
One more reason.
One more breath.
Because tomorrow
Has surprised
More people
Than yesterday
Ever believed.
Copyright 1983 Dave-Michael Valentine. All Rights Reserved.