(for Nell) Uphill Every day it is a new battle A fight to move one step farther than the last day Just one step and it feels like I am storming the battlements The cry of pain is just too deep sometimes I watched you struggle and lent my will to yours If there was anything from that time I understood it was that I loved you We walked from the same path dear brother Sharing the hardships this life has dealt out one at a time No it never is goodbye We fought so hard to get to this point in life for that Each step I see you take makes me smile Despite the journey being uphill It is the people we walk with that makes it worthwhile -Dan What moves us This miracle that comes upon me You call it love as I understand it? I have never seen the like of it before that I assure you This stranger that has seldom visited my heart and soul Far truer to the mark it has been my soul's fate to hear how inadequate I am A child never loved nor even wanted I would gather It is sad tiding to wound one so young A shame that should never fall upon small shoulders Sealed in stone these many years You cannot hurt one that cannot feel And now it falls to me to stare into the eyes of a child No. By, all the powers of heaven, they will never hear what I did! I have learned that happiness is well beyond what you can know Take those times you have wandered alone inside Betrayed by those so close to you Turn aside from that hopeless path of their making And show love....love is what moves us -Dan |