Let me embroider flowers where they have torn your soul.
Let me plant flowers where they have bruised your heart.
Let me spread good prayers where they have carved your mind

Let me,
Will you let me?

Or will you push me away

You hear me when I am silent.
You hear me when you are away.
You hear me when we are drifting.

And your words startle me,
And your word awaken me,
And your words make me hope again.

Just like the wind,
Just like a dream,
Just like a feather,

You’re gone again.

I remain to myself.
I return to myself.
I collapse into myself-

Silence
Silence
and hush.

Hush,
my little bird,
he will return.

Hush,
my little dream,
he must return.

Hush,
my little heart,
he will return.

For the love of a butterfly wing
I’ve learned to keep quiet.

For the love of a…