You are the one petition Heaven chose to ignore,
The prayer whispered in the dark, behind a closing door.
You are the hope I cradled gently, with my whole soul’s breadth,
The desperate wish I cast into a well, and then held my breath.
You are the reason I believed in mercy and in grace,
The answer I expected when I looked for a kind face.
You are the dawn I painted in the sky of my despair,
The solid ground I prayed for, floating on a thread of air.
But Heaven, in its silence, let my trembling hands fall through,
And gave me only echoes of a love I thought was true.
You are the dream I carried 'til my arms could hold no more,The one petition Heaven chose to ignore.