Today I'm Grieving

I want to pick you up from this fallen place

Give you the love that's long overdue.

I can only listen with my ears and my heart,

Today I'm grieving what I cannot do.

 

You deserve a mom and dad who make you feel safe

Not the violence and drugs you're so used to.

Tears in my eyes, I see a child grown up too fast

Today I'm grieving what I cannot do.

 

How have you withstood so long this pain and heartbreak?

We adults expect for you to just pull through.

But, no, not me, hide here in my wings.

Today I'm grieving what I cannot do.

 

Words cut like knives and you're bleeding to death.

People see the anger and they don't know you.

I see past the anger and bind your wounds with love.

Today I'm grieving what I cannot do.

 

Come find me when you feel forgotten by the world,

Not everyone will understand what you've been through.

My heart will hold space for your hurt and suffering.

Today I'm grieving what I cannot do.