In the Waves Below

Sweet baby girl with the hot tears brimming and streaking

Brimming and streaking as you swipe them with a cuff

Trickling down red cheeks because these feelings are bigger than before

Bigger than they were when you were six and all the world was right

And always would be

Sweet baby girl, now you are ten and now you feel

Deeper, broader, wider than you ever knew you could

Swept under by sadness that never more than lapped your toes

Never more than brushed your cheek when you were six

And all the world was right

You don't know how to brush it away anymore

Don't know how to laugh it off, how to forget

Telling me you don't want these emotions

Asking me to help you turn them off, and how to go back

To always cheerful, always smiles

Sweet baby girl don't give in to that, don't shut down

Let me stand beside you and let's feel this now

Don't be afraid of sorrow, grief, and last good-byes

I'll walk you down this path I've memorized by now

Down the path of broken hearts

Take a long, last, wistful look at innocence and childhood

Throw your head back to the melancholy waves, let the tears run

Down your face, and tell your your heart that it's OK to grieve

To grieve for all this world has lost, and all you lost today

Before you heal

So say it, please baby girl, let it all out now

It's OK

"Good-bye sweet Jim

I loved you with every space in my enormous little heart

I loved your head and tail held high every time that I would ride

The way your spunky steps made every other horse a bore

White socks prancing at the lead before the tired old guys

You were old, but you were never tired

I loved the way your spark matched mine

And I was always proud to be the one to ride you"

"Good-bye sweet Jim

My heart is breaking looking at you green pasture empty

Holding close the pictures that they gave me

Wondering if maybe 

I could visit your new home someday

I hope that you are happy"

Sweet baby girl with the hot tears brimming and streaking

Sometimes in the saying and the feeling lies the balm

Don't try to turn it off, let yourself feel it

Say it, write it, cry it to the stars above

In the waves below

Find healing