Until the Light Lasts

The light, like a beacon, slowly burns

On the still and suffering rose

The weeping child's heart slowly turns

In gloom and silent repose

The crisscrossed beams of the morning sun

Cast no cheer into the air

For the new day may herald the time has come

For the last and final prayer

What dreams she had, forever locked

In the hidden tapestry of her mind

Lost to the mist, that in silence, mocked

The tiny hope she'd pined

Each dazed, dim and dying breath

One step closer to peace

That she would find, at last, in death

In that oblivion's sweet release

The flame flickers, the end is near

The time for hope is past

Courage Mother and never you fear

Your helpless, determined son is here

and here he'll stay - until the light lasts