This Light
A lyric I wrote for the daughter of a dear friend who was having a hard time with her parent's impending divorce...
Some nights you lie there in bed
With the covers pulled overhead
Fists pressed tight against your ears
But still, you hear…
Loyalties, divided
What was sundered can’t be reunited
No matter how hard we try
Some things have to drift and die
You swore you’d never make the same mistakes
That those who came before you made
One day you’ll see that just like you
They made those promises too…
You’re older now
And the mists of time have swallowed how
You lost sight of childhood dreams
They were much more complicated than they seemed
There never seems to be a happy end
Only brief illusions now and then
Of blue skies, you feel compelled to chase
Promising futures in brighter days
It takes a strong will to hold on
When it seems the only victory won
Is the blessed curse of one more day
To watch another dream fall away….
But therein lies the beauty
Of this journey, we call life
When one dream dies
Another one opens our eyes
To the light that shines behind the grayest rains
A light that blinds our minds to the memories of pain
A light so clear and bright it tears apart this shroud of night
Confusions cobwebs are burned from our sight
And in this dawn, you’ll know
This light that shines on you is hope…
Some nights you lie there and dream…
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Alan Schoolcraft
Writer of speculative fiction, songs lyrics, and the occasional essay.
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