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Vigil

Written by Broomwatr | Jan 14, 2024 8:04:09 PM

[read these words out loud, your voice gives them power]

My eyes have seen such tonight,
My heart can't feel tomorrow

What does sunlight feel at dusk?
How do we we bear your sorrow?

If time is a river flowing on and on,
Oh, a handful could we borrow?

A small pinprick to see the deep
For darkness is to follow

Oh I see the the window to the soul
Its etched into your being

Is there something on the other side?
What is it that your seeing?

Wake and tell me, I must know!
don't think that I can't bear it

Is there meaning in this pain?
Some shifting of the scale?

Some miracle performed at dawn
Through fog or down the hall?

A heart that slowly beats to life
While yours begins to fall?

Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me!
Though I don't have the right

To ask of you these questions
In your never-ending night

No, I will be your angel, rising
And hold you under wing

To sit with you in silence
This vigil with your name

Share with you some essence
A torrent may it flow

To be with you amidst the wind
To watch you as you go

This is my vigil, I am your witness
I am your witness.