hold my hand
        on this path
        to guide me
        in my blindness

        carry me through
        these bad times
        you said
        wouldn't last long

        offer a shoulder
        though i might want
        to cry in the corner
        by myself

        promise no more
        than you can hold
        in the palm
        of your hand

        give me no less
        from the part of your heart     
        that brings you
        to me

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