Kris Barry

You came in the night
From deep in my sleep
The red from your jersey
So bright I did weep

I walked in to help you
The hurt I did see
To hold you and kiss you
And help you break free

From things that did hurt
Going round in your head
Things you kept silent
You just never said

Before I got close
You faded away
Back to my memory
And I couldn't say

No matter the trial
You had on your plate
God was much bigger
If only you'd wait

But you didn't talk
You just wouldn't share
The burdens came swiftly
From out of nowhere

I can't change the past
And wish you back here
But I will be with you
One day over there

When that day comes
And I see you again
I know you'll forgive me
For not knowing when

The pain was so strong
You couldn't see clear
To tell me it hurt
My sweet son so dear

This is the winter of my soul
Cold ice sleets against the windowpane
Thick and dark the clouds hang down
Fast the north wind rattles on

But
     the glimmer of life remains
It stays despite desire for death
It abides frozen inside a shell
Whose surface is cracked by great shock

Move on she cries move on
Take me now, why delay
My world dark as day without dawn
Its bleakness spans for years ahead

Folds of sadness collapse at my feet
The heart is dry as a burned out house
The eye is chipped and beaten beyond repair

My son, my son
Oh I cannot bear to lose you from my world!
Your eyes as blue as ocean pools
Your walk it fills my air

I cannot breathe against the tide
That turned its head on me
I cannot breathe another breath
Down here, down here
Without thee