first
i let myself weep
then slowly
my heart bleed words
dropping into these tattered pages
eventually
forming lines
and
making rhyming rhythms

©IGMS

If I could be there, I would hold your hand to give hope when needed.

If I could be there, I would wrap my arms around you and blanket you in my given warmth.

If I could be there, I would lend my ears and listen your woes, dreams, and hopes.

If I could be there, I would gaze into your eyes as so you could see the joy in them from you.

If I could be there, I would encourage you always to let you know how much you can accomplish.

If I could be there, I would offer my time and shoulders as to lean on when needed.

If I could be there, I would speak kind words and say how a Beautiful soul you are.

If I could be there, I would show just how much more wonderful you made knowing you, the best of my days.

Although I cannot be there, know that I will still stand by your side.

I think that I am all alone
then the wind whispers to me
telling me age old secrets from the trees

I think that I am all alone
when a lightning bug lands on me
it flits, it flights, it lights up the night

I think that I am all alone
when I look up to see a shooting star
no longer wondering where you are

and I just smile and send up my wish and prayer
to that wondrous castle in the air