OUR LITTLE HAVEN

I cannot promise you the treasures of the world,

nor place great riches in your hands.

But I can offer you my own,

and a smile whenever yours begins to fade.

I cannot mend every sorrow you will face,

nor work miracles to make them disappear.

But I can soften their weight with my presence,

and hold you close whenever the pain draws near.

I will never feed you empty hope,

or claim that tomorrow will erase your tears.

But I want you to know that I will remain,

whenever your beautiful eyes are filled with them.

I do not wish to stand beside you only

when the sun paints the sky with light.

I want to be there when the storms arrive,

even the fiercest hurricanes of life.

When the silence inside you tightens its grip,

as though it steals the air you breathe,

never pretend to be strong for my sake.

Cry… and I will cry beside you,

for true friends never turn their backs.

I am not one whose lips awaken

only to scatter hollow words.

I’d rather sit with you in quiet,

searching together for that little place

where weary souls find healing.

Hand in hand, we will walk this road,

laughing when joy finds us,

weeping when life demands it.

Together when happiness smiles our way,

and together when sorrow waits

just around the corner.

 Danijela Ćuk

Croatia