<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><b>“Hold Your Heart”</b> by Ashley Bahr</div><div><br></div><div>Remember those days when you were young?</div><div>Life was as easy as it could be.</div><div>There were laughs and stories and dreams.</div><div>You saw the sunshine and you were free.</div><div><br></div><div>Well there comes a point when you realize</div><div>That you finally have to grow up</div><div>And that hiding under your covers</div><div>Won't ever be quite enough.</div><div><br></div><div>I know those days when it feels like</div><div>There's no way you can keep going on.</div><div>Life just isn't worth living,</div><div>And nothing could be more wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Those days when it's such a struggle</div><div>Just to pull yourself out of the bed.</div><div>The depression, it overwhelms you.</div><div>The fearful thoughts are spinning through your head.</div><div><br></div><div>Those days when you feel so broken</div><div>And the pieces keep falling apart.</div><div>Your sky grows stormy and gray.</div><div>Too much pain for this young, burdened heart.</div><div><br></div><div>You feel like there's no solution</div><div>To this riddle or game they call life.</div><div>And when it's your darkest hour,</div><div>It is then that I'll show you the light.</div><div><br></div><div>The light at the end of the tunnel</div><div>When you thought maybe this was the end.</div><div>I promise there's beautiful sunshine</div><div>On this dark road with sharp turns and bends.</div><div><br></div><div>Though it may not always seem it,</div><div>There's still happiness in this place.</div><div>And what you have to realize</div><div>Is that it takes a little faith.</div><div><br></div><div>I have always been here with you,</div><div>Just as I always will be,</div><div>And when life knocks you down so low,</div><div>Just put your trust in me.</div><div><br></div><div>So remember those days when you were young.</div><div>Life was as easy as it could be.</div><div>There were laughs and stories and dreams.</div><div>You saw the sunshine and you were free.</div><div><br></div><div>Well now here in your darkest hour,</div><div>Get under the covers and turn out the light.</div><div>Close your eyes and dream, my child.</div><div>Let me hold your heart tonight</div><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></body></html>