Prayer For The Heart

When nature is mean
And the chances seem lean
That you’ll ever find love
Step above your self-doubt.
Be refreshed.

When bare walls collide
And you’re slave to the tide
Seek to sail against the drag
Swear: this galleon has
Been repossessed.

When you’re feeling so small,
No-one sees when you fall
Vow ‘I won’t disappear,
I will blind you with me at
My best’.

When you’re weary of breath
Know you’re greater than death.
Mould your chains into wings
And embrace the things your heart desires.

Don’t choose to depart.
The shade of your heart is
As valid as air
Is benignly just there.
Breathe it in.

You’re never alone.
You can e-mail or phone.
Whilst I know true warmth
Doesn’t come easy at least
It survives.

So many boys of your age
Get destroyed by
A love that can’t lie
So they contemplate ending
Their lives.

I had it too.
I was torn up and screwed.
But I’m happy now somehow
And I know that you will
Be too.

It sounds easy enough
Being told to hang tough
But that’s all you can do
I’m the evidence this can
Be true.

I’m extending a hand
To that far southern land;
A warm palm on your brow
That says ‘don’t have a cow’.
Rest your head.

You’ll get your break.
What a partner you’ll make.
Keep dreaming aloud
And you’ll draw the right crowd to
Your side.

A prayer for your heart.
The best I can impart.
May you rapidly learn
You have talent to burn.

Voila and Amen.
I wish I could say when.
But just know that we care.
Please accept my small prayer.
Hope it helps.