If I could I would ...
by: Kim Bayes Bautista, WS LM-51
© Copyright 2004
When you are hurting, I am hurting too,
And if I could I would, make it go away,
I would stand guard at your mind,
To keep those vexing demons at bay.
I would exorcise your pain and fear,
Guide you from the tunnel to the light,
And massage your aching spirit,
Until you begin to feel all right.
I would starve the things that haunt you,
Until they withered up and died,
I would feed the best within you,
So vigor would prevail and torment would subside.
If I could I would hold you ever tightly,
Waiting for your surrender to the calm,
Redirecting thoughts to healing love,
Obliterating the power of your Vietnam.
Recognizing where it comes from,
Is half the battle won,
With certainty it won’t kill you,
So remember your rising sun.