What is Held Dear in the Heart

If you had to leave

Did you have to take my dreams

 

If you had to leave

Did you have to change our stories

 

Did you have to minimize our love

The gifts and sacrifices so freely given

Forgotten and unappreciated

 

What is held dear in the heart

Is all that matters

 

What is held dear in the heart

Is all that is seen and felt by others

 

Your dignity and integrity

Come from what is held in your heart

 

How you treat other people

Comes from what is held in your heart

 

The stories matter

The truth matters

The love matters

 

It deserves to be recognized

And remembered

Cherished for the wondrous gift it is

 

It may never come your way again

You may go to your grave

Craving its delicate embrace

 

You blossomed in that embrace

Grew into a new person

Found your self again

 

You were not there alone

Someone was by your side

Leading you all the way

 

You had been neglected

Your heart had closed down

Your body starved for touch

 

Tenderness opened your heart

Touch brought you back to life

Truth released your soul

 

Tenderness matters

Touch matters

Truth matters

 

What is held dear in your heart?