Lead to Water

I held your hand through the silence

Watched you stare but never speak

The tears were there behind the eyelids

But the soul was still too weak

I said the words they told me to

“Time will heal, you’ll make it through”

But grief don’t follow maps or clocks

It waits behind unopened locks

You can lead a heart to water

But you can’t make it cry

You can stand beside the sorrow

But you can’t ask it why

Mourning comes like morning light

Slow and soft, not overnight

You can lead a soul to stillness

But you can’t make it drink

I tried to fix what wasn’t broken

Tried to rush what needed rest

But pain don’t bloom from pretty tokens

It grows from truth confessed

Some walk through fire, some through rain

Some just sit inside their pain

And all we do is hold the space

Until they find their healing pace

Grief ain’t weakness, grief ain’t wrong

It’s the echo of love that’s gone

And when they’re ready, they will speak

But not because we made them weak

You can lead a heart to water

But you can’t make it cry

You can whisper through the silence

But you can’t teach goodbye

Mourning’s not a race to run

It’s a shadow chasing sun

You can lead a soul to stillness

But you can’t make it drink

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