A Softer Touch

You’ve known me for six years now,
Both through wind and through snow,
And through sun and with the rain,
But, to us, it’s all the same.

You’ve seen my smiles and my tears,
You know every one of my fears,
You know what’s in my soul and heart,
And I hate it when we’re pulled apart.

And now we enter our seventh year,
You are there and I am here,
And I don’t know what to do,
Or what great gift to get for you.

I know you are now eighteen;
Too mature for childish things,
But not old enough for house or car,
Or holiday to take you far.

You need a gift to show you understand
The hurt and pain of all the land,
And all the problems you want to heal,
And the emotions you wish to feel.

So I sat down and poured out my soul
Into a song to tell it all,
So you know, no matter what you do,
That someone here always loves you.

Happy Birthday Rachael- 31st September 2003
18th June 2003