SOFT

soft be the rains upon your face 

soft be the first fall of snow 

soft be fate when she takes you in her arms

soft be fate when it lets go 

upon every rolling hill 

and under every trembling sky 

soft be the ways of the people

may they wave when you pass by

may life lay down its jagged edges, 

renounce its cutting ways 

may life treat you softly my love, 

you are all I care to see 

the only one for which I would try to cheat mortality 

for loving you, 

has been the softest breeze 

has filled my life, 

its every scattered step with ease 

the ground is rough, and the sun does hurt the naked eye 

time is serrated too 

but know my prayers walk beside you 

to treat gently your every bruise

soft be the forces that pull us apart 

may they let me walk you to the gate 

let heaven know you were the loveliest thing 

that God has ever made 

soft be the prayer over my lips 

soft be your hands in mine 

soft be the heart of the creator 

so that in the next life, 

he can put you again by my side