Light in the night

When dark descends and all the world is still,
When troubled thoughts begin to bend your will,

I bow my head and draw myself near,
I hold you close, your trembling hand held dear.

I do not ask for smiles you cannot give,
Nor feign a sun where no bright rays can live.

But I remain, a presence calm and true,
A beacon lit when evening darkens you.

And if your step is weary, lost, unsure,
I hold you up, that you may still endure.

I am no promise borne on easy air,
But life whispered softly when days are hard to bear.

Remember this: you are of precious worth,
And there is time to let your hope find birth.

And when you wish, with neither fear nor haste,
I’ll open up a door within your pain.

And there a light still waits beyond the night,
Your soul will find again its course aright.

I will stay here, and I will never part,
Still listening close, still guarding well your heart.

Until at last you finally will see
Even in the dark... how bright you’ll be