Hear me
read
the poem as
an MP3 file.
Watch me
read
the poem as
a YouTube video.
Video Music: Concatenate.
By Damiano Baldoni.
Performed by Damiano Baldoni
at the
Free Music Archive
under a Creative Commons
Attribution license.
Just as a wave is lifted by the
shore,
Then breaks across the slowly rising sand,
So as I watch you weep my feelings pour
Across the wash of what I understand.
I wish I could just take you in my arms
And all your pain could melt into my chest,
And all the violence of passing storms
Could pass through me and finally come to rest.
No words can set things right or presence lend
A miracle to light your darkened way,
But there is solace in a loving friend
And comfort in what I don't have to say.
Whatever circumstance you cannot bear,
Just turn to me, and you will find me
there.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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