Let It Be

Let it go, O Lord, let time be kind;

Let fading dreams dissolve without a trace.

If You must soften any wandering mind,
Let mine alone still keep that sacred place.

Erase the memory from every other heart,
Let them forget the stories left behind;
Let me stay hidden, quietly apart,
With silent treasures only I can find.

When evening wraps the world in gentle shade,
I unfold dreams where peaceful moments start;
There rests the home no waking hour has made,
A quiet refuge deep within my heart.

I held those memories honestly and true—
Dear Lord, let them remain... if only with Yo