Lirieke: Deb Talan. Comfort.

When everyone has gone to sleep
& you are wide awake,
there's no one left to tell your troubles to

Just an hour ago, you listened to their voices
Wilting like a river over underground
& the light from downstairs
came up soft like daybreak
dimly as the heartbreak of a lonely child

& if you can't remember a better time
you can have mine, little one
in days to come, when your heart
feels undone, may you always find
an open hand
& take comfort wherever you can,
you can, you can

oh, it's a strange place
& oh, everyone with a different face
but just like you thought when you stopped here to linger
we're only as separate as your little fingers

so cry, why not? we all do
then turn to the one you love
& smile a smile that lights up all the room
& follow your dreams
in through every out door
it seems that's what we're here for

& when you can't remember a better time
you can have mine, little one
in days to come, when your heart
feels undone, may you always find
an open hand
& take comfort
there is comfort
take comfort wherever you can,
you can, you can, oh