(For Jacob)
I’ll be there for you
I will hold your hand or hold your beer
I will look up into the sky with you and dream with you the dreams we had we were young and we didn’t know better that we couldn’t be everything that we wanted to be then
Something great, something moving
We could touch the stars and see things in people that we could never see now
Let me love you when you need to be loved and held because no one would do it before when you needed it
Or maybe you need a laugh and joke, a shared moment between you and me that we can bring up when others are around but they won’t know like we know
They won’t feel like we feel
It’s a moment just a moment that I can give you when you need it
To hold it
I hold you like a snowflake and hope that I can see you before you fade away and melt in my hand then flow through the cracks that tell the story of our lives
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
And when there’s a moon out full with a red ring around it that can only mean bad things will happen for you
I’ll be there
Like the ocean is there for the fish who breathe it and the birds are there to fly in the sky so the sky isn’t lonely all the time
I’ll be there like the mothers are there for daughters and like brothers are there for sisters and friends are there for other friends
Because no one gets you like I get you
And no one can see like I see you
And no one can heal like I can heal you
If you let me
Because if you do I will try to mend your heart with my needle and thread
Threading back and forth beneath your skin then I kiss your hand to hide the scars that life may bring when it’s being harsh
I’ll be there when the path is darker than your fears and it eats you whole because it’s easy and hides in the corners of your mind where loneliness hides
Like a waiting lion crouched low in the brushes
Like a chameleon changing to hide what’s deep inside that only I can see
So push forward through so you can see that clouds bring happiness too even when they’re gray and cold because
Even trees with no leaves hold beauty deep inside
If you look and see the way it moves
Move free
Away from pain because if you do and you find a light inside and it makes you smile with hope only youth brings and you see a future better than here
I’ll be here to listen
I’ll be here to jump around with you and sing with you and dance with you
I’ll pick up smiles with you and we can share them with the world still hidden in their fears
And when you hear the happy parts of music not the sad
And when you eat ice cream because it tastes good and not because it makes you feel good
When you can fly and not fall
I’ll be there
Not to pick you up but to clap and to cheer as you fly away into the sunlit sky
Face alight with joy and knowing
That you are here in this world with me and you
And all the things you love and all the sounds you want to hear again and again because those sweet melodies never grow old deep inside your soul
Where you sometimes hide but don’t get stuck down there when you can share your soul because we’re all listening and we all want to know
What light hides behind your eyes in blue pools that grow lighter and lighter the more you come near
I’ll be there