A stranger called on me today she said she'd heard my  'plea',
To have someone to hold me close, to guide and comfort  me.

Her name she didn't let me know, she said as I 'moved  on'
That I would know, 'within' myself,
That's where 'she' had come from.

She told me:-
"It's alright to cry, to unleash all your fears,
You cannot banish years of hell, without releasing  tears.

"You have a right to 'find' yourself, let go of guilt and  shame,
To feel the comfort of 'safe' touch - break free from all your  pain."

I know her as my ally now, and when I cannot cope,
I call the name I found 'within' - her name I know is

'HOPE'!