Stay!

Crashing, loud, earsplitting thunder; jagged flashes sear the night,

East and West are torn asunder; will the morning ever light?

Begging me to walk away, you held my hand so tight

Mouth parched and dry, I could not cry, and prayed with all my might.

Your shadowed tears I could see my Dear, silent sighs ripped through the night

My tortured soul was dark with fear and bitter tears shone bright.

It never should have been this way, my very own Heart's Delight;

Your haste please stay, and tarry a while, let Dawn set all things right.

Let morning's dew come soothe away, the fears that haunt and blight

Let playful zephyrs clear the way, let Dawn raise Hope in sight!