Your Dreams Are Safe With Me

I saw your dreams falling

and caught them with my heart

heard your fears calling

watched you come apart

Let me hold your dreams for you

while you rebuild your strength

Tomorrow you can start anew

yours dreams are safe with me

Two steps behind inflation

next week’s paycheck already spent

unemployment scours the nation

you skip meals to pay the rent

you vacillate between fear and hate

let me carry the load for a while

Just so you don’t lose your faith

tonight I’ll hold your smile

Melancholy lurks outside the door

escorted by doubt and confusion

Once you thought you knew the score

tonight you have no reason

You can’t trust a turn-around

since you’ve lost the will to try

Remember tonight when you lie down

I’ll keep your faith with mine

Peace eludes reality

security skates thin ice

a thief lifted your freedom

truth ran off in the night

You can place your heart with me

and know that it’s safe

Tonight I’ll hold your dreams

and return them when you wake

Sandy Knauer