Among your small possessions 
In a place all by itself 
Is a gift I one time gave you 
One heart upon your shelf 

This gift takes little space up 
And it's never in the way 
I'd guess you never notice it 
As you go about your day 

You never have to move it 
It goes every where you are 
Just hovers in the background 
But always not too far 

But if you need some comfort 
When things are not quite right 
Take out the heart I gave you 
It'll get you through the night 

No matter where life's road leads 
If fortune's promise proves untrue 
One thing you'll take beyond this life's 

The heart I gave to you. 

© William G. Carrington 7/26/1996 
From the book "One Heart Beyond Tomorrow"