RavenstrikeX - Say It While They re Here

Say while they here,
Say while they stay.
Don’t let a proud heart
Throw your love away.
Mother held your first cry.
Father held your fear.
Viking, find the courage—
Say it while there.
I will kneel to sorrow.
I won’t beg the sky,
But I carry quiet pain where no one
Sees inside.
I may never hold my mother
Like I did before.
May never grip my father
Walking through the door.
I remember warm hands
Waiting near the light—
My mother cutting bread
When the snow fell white.
Father spoke,
“Call me when my world fell wrong.”
He said:
“Stand up slowly. You have been strong.”
I freaks do not hide.
When the truth gets near,
Say it to their faces.
Mother can hear.
Love does not make weak.
Love can make you hold.
Voting gives no power
To a frozen soul.
Speak now.
Speak now.
Say it while they hear.
Say it while they say.
Don’t let a proud heart
Throw your love away.
Mother held your first cry.
Father held your fear.
Viking, find the courage.
While they’re here,
I built my own raise,
Raised my own child.
Saw his little fingers trusting mine a while.
Then the pain came back
Like a drum in rain.
I knew what I had taken
From the ones who gave.
I was still that child
Even grown and tall—
Still needed their voices
When my heart would fall.
I kept acting fearless,
Kept my tears unseen.
But I wanted my mother
Sitting close to me.
Do not wait for valla.
Do not wait for signs.
Wounds cannot return.
All the wasted time—
Tell your mother “thank you.”
Tell your father “true.”
Every love they gave you
Still lives inside you.
If they gave you wisdom,
If they gave you care,
If they stood behind you
When no one else was there—
Do not call it simple.
Do not call it all.
That kind of love is shelter
Stronger than God.
Say it while they here.
Say it while they stay.
Don’t let a proud heart
Throw your love away.
Mother held your first cry.
Father held your fear.
Viking, find the courage—
Silence and pride.
What do we keep still inside?
What do we say?
Father, I love you.
You can hear.
While you can hear.