And Gratefully I Follow

Swimming in the essence of your aura

I fall on bent knees

And worship just the thought of you,

For it is this thought

That has kept me going

Through endless trials

And countless rocky journeys

And seemingly no win situations.

I pull my stregnth from yours

And gain power from the knowledge

That you are there with me always,

Walking by my side and facing

Each of my battles with me.

And when it seems fruitless to try any longer

I think of you and my faith is restored.

I regain my power, my will and my need to go on

And I remember that you help those

Who help themselves.

I scorn my weakness

In the rememberance of your stregnth

And I begin to walk again.

Only now I do so in your shadow

for you have taken the lead.