Walk beside me here
Where the storm rages o’er me
Until I can leave

Come back to my arms
I’ll wrap myself around you
And never let go

I remain lodged in
This limited, painful form
Unlock me from it

Not “all in good time”
For my heart burns in waiting
And yearns to act now

Give me a silence
So deafening as to drown
All else I can hear

I awake in light
With the shadows far from sight
And yet they linger

When comes the wisdom
That I was promised would come
After all this time?

Shadows settle in
Where my heart can’t stay lighted
And linger till spring

I set out to be
A better version of me
Yet thus I remain

Blue skies peeking through
Speak of paradise above
This unending drear