stay

i know some days are heavy,

i know some nights are long.

i hear your voice trembling,

fighting to sing along.

to a distant tune, a melody lost.

it seems this weight has unwarranted cost.

but i'm here. i'm here. please stay.

i know there are wounds they cannot see.

and it’s got you feeling like you can hardly breathe.

i see your shoulders down and your chest heavy,

doing all you can to stay the levee,

from crumbling under the rains of sorrow,

you wonder how there can be a tomorrow.

but i’m here. i’m here. please stay.

please stay.

call me up, i’m here to talk.

or we can sit in silence.

or go for a walk.

i’ll cry with you, i’ll laugh with you.

and crawl along the path with you.

lean on me, in a search for rest and love.

we’ll find it here and we’ll find it above.

we’ll scrape and we’ll claw,

til our hands are raw.

and we find it.

yeah we’ll find it.

forget tomorrow, focus on today.

i’m here.

always here.

please stay.

no winter is meant to last forever.

whatever you face, can we face it together?

i know there ain’t an overnight solution,

and fighting this war is an evolution.

when storms raise up and you’re forced to fight.

i’ll be there through each long night.

call me up, i’m here to talk.

or we can sit in silence.

or go for a walk.

i'll cry with you, i’ll laugh with you.

and crawl along the path with you.

lean on me, in a search for rest and love.

we’ll find it here and we’ll find it above.

we’ll scrape and we’ll claw,

til our hands are raw.

and we find it.

yeah we’ll find it.

cause this isn’t “buck up”

or “hang in there, friend”

this is i'm in it with you,

if we break, we can mend.

forget tomorrow, focus on today.

i’m here. always here.

please stay.

please stay.

-hb mercy

dedicated to aaron, steven, craig, and others. written to anyone who needs to hear it. in sincerity and with love.

(photo taken hiking with nephew in chatel, france)