What I Can't Let Go

Tell me how to walk away, to dream of things some other way

I have screamed at fate, clawed at time,
Begged my body, don’t resign.
Gathered hope from shattered ground,
Sworn this heart won’t back down.

Tell me how to walk away,
To dream of things some other way.
To hush the voice that pulls me near,
That whispers, try again, my dear.

I've traced the scars, I know the cost,
I’ve grieved the souls I already lost.
Yet hope still pounds inside my chest,
A foolish, fearless, fierce request.

But love won’t loosen, won’t release,
It lingers here, a ghost, a thief.
I trace the space where dreams once grew,
And mourn the life I never knew.