Dear heart, be still;

Dear heart, be still;

for when comes your final breath,

so will tell untimely death,

and I don't believe

that I could breathe

in this lonely world in me

without you.

Dear heart, be still;

for when I listen to your voice,

so will my whole body rejoice,

and fall into slumbler here,

as I'm flooded with your tears

that you kept hidden for years,

your soul, so dear.

Dear heart, be still;

for when your humble nature's drained,

so my entire soul is pained,

and wallowing in earth so deep

as taking you is sweetest sleep

and taking part of me to keep

with you, to dream.

Dear heart, be still;

for seven years have come and gone,

and I  still hear your gracious song,

and I still feel your love and laughter

and the happiness that you're after

will show itself in life so dear,

that, to me, brings you back here.

Dear heart, be still;

for I know you have been through Hell

and that's a story I can't bear to tell,

and I believe

that I couldn't breathe

and my heart would tear
at the sight of you

so vulnerable and bare.

Dear heart, be still;

and know
I love you so.

Dear heart, be still.

-LJ

25 June 2016
19 July 2016