Don’t take the pain away, I pray
Lest I forget how bad it had hurt,
Just give me a song if you can
So it doesn’t sting so hard.
Don’t take those memories away
Lest I forget to mind the gap,
Just give me a fairytale where the hero
Can leap coolly across the trap.
Don’t need to shine your torch down
Let the night howl and bark,
Else I fear I may never learn
The art of walking in the dark.
Don’t have to douse the fire for me
Lest I forget how it felt to burn,
Just hum me a lullaby while you’re here
I am happy to wait for my turn.
I love my rose the way it is,
Please don’t pluck away the thorn.
Don’t have to hurry the stars for me
I know they take a while to be born.
I don’t mind biding my time at all,
I can wait all night for my morn.
December 2019