When The Kind Heart Fails, Who Will Come? Poem by Liz Munro

Who will be there to cheer up one the one
who always cheers up others?
When the kind heart fails,
who will come?

When the kind heart fails
and silent tears have formed an internal lake
Will a true friend be there -
one who hears the tears -
to restart the heart?
Or will it be the backs of friends -
who ignored the barely-whispered pain -
the friends who are fake?

O' who would save this tortured soul?
when hope is fading, almost lost
would you also forsake it?

When the sun has nearly stopped shinning
and encroaching darkness is overwhelming,
Will any one be there -
someone who really does care?
please tell me,
who will stop the internal crying?

- No-one you're too far away..
...for it maybe too late to help.

04/02/06