Soon

With every step, I bless each leaf, With every breath, I thank each star For showing me that I have a home, And guiding me near or far. How far I have strayed away from home, Until I thought I'd lost the path, Wandering lonely through the pain. Frightened of every aftermath. I searched for love, that girlish dream, That intoxicating dream. I held my heart out in my hands, Free, naive, and torn at the seams. That bright gleam I mistook for love, It was cruelty; it was abuse. I was wrong, oh so awfully wrong Now my heart's broken from misuse. I thought I'd die of the anguish, The despair that gripped my heart, The pain that left me gasping for air, As I watched every dream depart. Then one feverish night I looked Up to the sky, to the bright moon, And saw the face of a goddess, Who whispered one quiet comfort: "Soon"