Daring not to love and lose She ran to careless arms To arms she could control To live a life that sounded right That would not touch her soul Her special hopes were kept for dreams For times when none would know A real love would give too much Would shatter her control Would give a joy She thought she knew Was not what she deserved And daring not to love, she lost The chance for caring arms The chance to share her soul And lived a life that sounded right With nights so dark and cold And when her children asked her why She never spoke of dreams She looked at them in pain so deep She could not say a word But held them close and prayed They’d reach for arms that cared for them For those who’d touch their souls And live the lives she wished she had Not ones they could control