"If she has a moment of clarity
I want her to know there's someone
there who loves her," my daughter said
And I was almost giddy with the truth
She spoke, could barely catch my breath
Knowing how close I'd come to letting
The tumult within block out all else
So that even my better judgement
Was way out of practise from disuse
And I was needing to get back
To listening to the voice within,
The one I needed to re-awaken
The one I'd let burn down to nothing
Just embers and ashes from a fire
That had once burned fiercely
That had once known better than to let bitter
Rule the day, and the night, as I had for too long
Could I step out, venture forth in time
To make things right; I only knew I had to try
