I Will Give You Silence & Your Space

When the very worst thing happens And all the things I’ve feared come calling And the world I built myself Starts burning and then falling,

The life I knew will turn darker, The things I created will fade into fire, Leaving nothing but ash on smoking ground, Evidence of lost desire.

In this place of broken dreams, Can you read despair in my eyes? Can you hold me at this moment, Or will you leave, and leave me wondering why?

The life I built — I didn’t know the cost. Some costs are not meant for us to know. I needed, in my heart, for you to stay. I knew, in my heart, you had to go.

I will give you silence and your space. I will give you what you need this hour. I will do it with a measurement of grace, Knowing that to let you go is power.

Knowing, also, that I could never keep you here. My love is sure, and it is stronger Than if I were to wrap you up in ties Just so I could have the chance to hold you longer.

I will rise from ashes and from smoke To build a life you would not know. If the worst should happen again, I know that I am able to let go

And rebuild as many times as it will take To have the life and love that’s meant to be. You can burn it all and leave me breathless, And I will breathe the life back into me.

I’ll build it stronger than it ever was. I am stronger, too, and filled with power. Burn it all, watch it fall to ash, And I promise I’ll rebuild it that same hour.

The ash can settle about my shoulders as I work. The embers can burn my hands as I shift debris. I will never stop creating The life that was always meant for me.

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