Initially I'd called this "Here Cries My Soul," but I do think 
that in this case the first line makes a better title:)

HUSH MY CRYING SOUL

Hush my crying soul,                    
        
Dry your falling tears,                 
        
Stay, my fleeing heart,                 
        
And calm your tow'ring fears.        

   
                                        
        
For you must hold me high now,          
        
and you must keep my being.             
        
And you must keep me straight-browed    
        
And you must avert my seeing.  

         
                                        
        
For if I gaze upon the past                     
and gaze at it too long,                
        
I'll be lost to it once more again,     
        
and again I'll be forlorn.

              
                                        
        
Though this here time there are not arms
        
To lift me from the ground,             
        
As the one who lifted me last time      
        
is now the cause of sobs.  

             
                                        
        
She neglected me                        
        
and left me be                          
        
And left me 'lone to cry.               
        
While I heard but rings                 
        
and harbored things                             
to tell her in nigh time.  

             
                                        
        
But wait and fret                       
        
And frown and sigh                      
        
And wish with all my might,             
        
I could not have her                    
        
return my calls                         
        
at morning, noon, or night.  

           
                                                
So lacking love                         
        
'cept hurting of,                       
        
I had to let her go,                    
        
and once again                          
        
I've lost my friend                     
        
And 'stead here cries my soul. 
 

Copyright ©2001 Ashi Shadow