Faint Holds

Stay with me, please,

don't close your eyes The room is still,

but the whole world cries

Your little hand is cold in mine

I can't make the broken pieces align

I hear you somewhere under the thread

A tiny light beneath the dread

Don't let me fade into the floor

I was afraid of being alone no more

I press the edges,

I try again

But every seam comes loose in my hands

Hold on, hold on,

don't slip away I need one more night,

one more day If I can't make you whole tonight

I'll guard the pieces till morning light Hold on,

hold on, hear me through

I'm not ready to lose you

Even broken, even torn Stay with me until the dawn

The needle shakes, the ribbon frays I wipe my tears and count

the ways A little closer,

not enough Love is a thread,

but the world is rough

What if the crack is too deep to mend?

What if this is where our story ends?

Then take my hand,

however small

I am still here beneath it all

No perfect shape, no easy sign

Just your hand

holding mine

One piece, then one piece,

slowly, somehow

Don't leave me, my friend

Not now