Can’t Help The Ocean With The Tide

8.5.2017

 

“I need you here…

I need you now!”

She said

Then I replied

“You need me now

On me relied

But need me here

Not by your side.”

 

The moon can’t generate motion

Can’t help the ocean with the tide

If it lay there by the ocean

As the waves crashed on its side

 

The moon can’t help the ocean

By its side there on the beach

Anymore than it can help

Among the stars and out of reach

 

You need me now

I say again

But where is just as important

As when

 

You ask for a shoulder to cry on

But need a helping hand

And if your head

Lay on my shoulder

Can’t lift my arm

To lend a hand

 

I know the help I offer

Not the kind that you had planned

But I can help you more

Much more from where I stand

I’ll meet you later when I am done

To hug and hold your hand

 

I can’t be there now

But I can be there then

To see your fears resolved

To see you smile again