I searched for someone gentle With a light that wouldn't fade A heart that wouldn't tremble When my storms began to rage Someone who could hold my sorrow Without calling it too much Who would wrap me in her mercy When my words forgot their touch I crossed through seasons, cities Every harbor, every shore Chasing warmth in foreign faces I had never seen before I walked the dust of summer The quiet rain of early spring Believing love was somewhere distant Just beyond the wandering Through mountains, endless valleys Through the noise of stranger lands I searched between the grains of sand And in the rain upon my hands I searched in every echo For a voice that felt like rest For the one who'd recognize my ache Without a question in her chest And when the journey emptied every breath in me I went back to my mother