January 21, 1997


If I could set you free from pain,
If I could break those binding chains,
If I could tear you from this misery,
If I could set you free.

If I could take the walk through flame,
If I could give your pains a name,
And free them from your heart,
If I could only be a part.

Cry those tears from deep inside,
Stain me with your sorrow.
I've seen the child you've tried to hide.
Awaken, child, and follow.
Let me lead you to a resting place,
A place where time forgets.
Where the darkness leaves without a trace
Of the hurt, the pain, the debts
That mar your soul of the beauty and grace
And fill your eyes with regret.
Awaken child, dance and sing,
I've heard your voice before.
Let your thunder roll and ring,
And we'll dance upon that distant shore,
Together.

-For Maria's pain