Be There When I Need you
By Ariangilee Foley
©March 2, 2006 (Published with permission)

When I’m asleep in my bed,
The days worth of thoughts leave my head.
Like silhouettes dancing in mid air,
Prances through canyons,
Carved by the flowing river of worry.

Be there playing when I need you.

In the sun,
In the grass,
Over the moon
And through waters as clear as glass.

Be there to rejoice with me when I need you.

Over miles of hills,
Through angry seas,
And raging storms,
To calm and to lighten one’s battered soul.

Be there to hold my lantern when I need you.

To breathe and to see,
To touch and to feel,
To live and to renew life.

Be there to guard me when I need you.

But when the journey comes to an end,
The sights seen,
Breath turns to gasp,
Life has been lived,
And I am lying there in my head.

Be there beside me, to cool my heating head when I need you.

When day rolls into hour
Hour breaks to minute,
Minute crumbles to second.

Remember, I’ll always be beside you, to watch over you when you need me.