Bring In The Light To A Friend... Poem by Rey Sanidad

As I sit by my window the whole night long,
I heard well up from the high balcony
A diva's passionate song.
I thought of myself so sad and lonely,
my mind so weary and sick and wild,
Of my heart too sad to sing.

As I listened to the diva's song
A thought stole into my saddened heart,
And I said, 'I can cheer some other soul
By a song's simple art.'
Many times from the darkness of hearts and lives
Come songs that brim with joy and light
The diva sings only during the night.

So I sang a love song for a friend's ear
In a strain to soothe her bleeding heart
She smiled at the sound of my voice and guitar
I smiled in turn, and into my soul came a light
In trying to soothe another's woes
Mine own had passed away.