Soft Rain

Let soft rain fall

As you remember how it was

To try to live your life

To be someone small

Who hoped for so much more

Than the harsh treatment you received

And although life may tempt you to become as hard

As those whose defences left you scarred

Remember you don’t have to suffer in that way

As long as you can find on a brighter day

A way to be kinder and more gentle to your soul

And just because they tried to mould you

Into someone set so far apart

From the barricaded reaches of your heart

Remember that schism

That forces you to part

With all that is most precious and tender

Deep inside your soul

Can only be healed

By your own remembering

So let the fires rage

That speak of truth

And so that you can find your way back

To all that was barricaded in your youth

And as soft rain falls

Let it renew

Every seed they tried to kill

Inside of you

Before your soul and spirit knew

Of the travesty

Of all they tried to undo