Be Gentle With Your Heart

I wish I had a singing voice

To sing some of the songs I write

Not that I would ever get on a stage

Karaoke would be alright

Post the lyrics up on the screen

To one of several of my songs

Maybe one warning young lovers to listen

Join in, sing along

Take your time with every promise

Let it prove what the words claim

Some will dress their hunger softly

Call it love and sign your name

Listen close beneath the sweetness

Watch what follows every vow

A careful heart is not a closed one

And it knows when to wait somehow

Be gentle with your heart, dear

Let the hurried ones pass on by

True love never needs to corner

Never bargains, never lies

When you look back down that long road

May you bless the choices made

Not regret the doors you guarded

Nor the choices when you stayed

Life is not a cruel companion

Nor a hand that means you harm

But there are wolves behind the kindness

Learning where to place their charm

You may be the game they're playing

Still you need not play along

Step away from borrowed sorrow

Keep your name, keep your own

Be gentle with your heart, dear

Let the hurried ones pass on by

True love never needs to corner

Never bargains, never lies

When you look back down that long road

May you bless the choices made

Not regret the doors you guarded

Know the choices

When you

Passion can resemble sunrise

Then retreat before the day

Emotions may wear a halo

While it leads your heart astray

Choose the one who leaves you freer

Who can heed a quiet no

Love is patient like seeds you sow

And gives you ample room to grow

keep kindness, keep discernment

Let them walk aside your grace

You can hope without surrender

You can heal at your own pace

There is someone worth awaiting

Someone steady, warm, and true

Not a storm that steals your balance

But a home that will shelter you

Be gentle with your heart, dear

Let the hurried ones pass on by

True love never needs to corner

Never bargains, never lies

When you look back down that long road

May you bless the choices made

Not regret the doors you guarded

Know the choices when you

Take your time with every promise

Let the truest one remain

Love worth having awaits with patience

And returns without ball or