Your beauty yet still flows pure from your heart;
I find in your soul a hope I desire.
I'm grateful that I in your life have part.
I see in your eyes a bright, blazing fire.
Not that I would try, I can't turn away:
I find in your soul a hope I desire.
I hear on your lips the words that allay
my fears and my tears from past loves, now gone.
Not that I would try, I can't turn away;
you struggle and fight, your battle goes on.
Inspiring me, you give me fresh hope,
my fears and my tears from past loves now gone.
A life line thrown out—I hold on the rope—
a smile shining bright with joy full, unmired
inspiring me. You give me fresh hope.
Your body is worn, so weakened and tired;
your beauty yet still flows pure from your heart.
A smile shining bright with joy full, unmired…
I'm grateful that I in your life have part.
Jim Reed
6 February 2018
