Softly and Tenderly

Softly and tenderly

Softly and tenderly you speak to me

A still small voice  carries farther than the loudest cry

Cries of fear, failure, disappointment

Hot tears flood my eyes and cloud my vision of your glorious skies

The skies that prove that life does indeed go on,

For you stand outside of time, space and circumstance

With the same soft and tender voice

You  gently lift my forlorn spirit from its anguish and self inflicted pain

Lungs once filled with feathers now evenly expand and fill with life

Not my life, but a chance to live life outside myself.

Outside my insecurities, internal boundaries…they all crumple.

When I realized my whole life I was fighting for a fist full of air

A vain empty pursuit, now that I’ve met you.

You who fling sanguine sunsets over oceans.

Make mountains with a mere thought,

Dangle the moon above my worries and dazzle my heart with your stars.

The flowers  invite me to dance with them as they sway perfectly to the rhythm of your love

You are all I want. Help me remember that when you are all I need.

Softly tenderly love me for the rest of my life.