More than I can Possibly try to handle Is the raucous breath That sears my lungs Once in, once out Is at first much harder Than near anything I have ever done
Then footfall softly Creeps by my door And oak's deep creak Declares I have A solemn visitor And two crusted eyelids Part ever so reluctantly To discover who looks on
A smile sweetly blesses My tear-stung face As I recognize the love That gazes down at me Slowly, carefully, I rise, And an arm meets my side To take me gently up Out of the darkness where I lie
Through those eyes, Warm with patience And caring support I find I have strength, Much more than I believed I could ever keep again And neglected legs Find strength to revive
I find I can stand, And so, of course, I do Rising straight into The loving embrace Of the one who found me So far lost in misery Without a spark of hope-- And brushed my tears away
Arms wrap around me Warm lips press Softly on my head And I hear a whisper That I more feel than hear Which tells me tenderly That absolutely everything Will be all right
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