You Can Do This Hard Thing - Carrie Newcomer

There at the table

With my head in my hands

A column of numbers

I just could not understand

You said «Add these together

Carry the two

Now you.»

You can do this hard thing

You can do this hard thing

It’s not easy I know

But I believe that it’s so

You can do this hard thing

At a cold winter station

Breathing into our gloves

This would change me forever

Leaving for God knows what

You carried my bags

You said «I'll wait

For you.»

You can do this hard thing

You can do this hard thing

It’s not easy I know

But I believe that it’s so

You can do this hard thing

Late at night I called

And you answered the phone

The worst it had happened

And I did not want to be alone

You quietly listened

You said «We'll see this thru.»

You can do this hard thing

You can do this hard thing

It’s not easy I know

But I believe that it’s so

You can do this hard thing

Here we stand breathless

And pressed in hard times

Hearts hung like laundry

On backyard clothes lines

Impossible just takes

A little more time

From the muddy ground

Comes a green volunteer

In a place we thought barren

New life appears

Morning will come whistling

Some comforting tune

For you

You can do this hard thing

You can do this hard thing

It’s not easy I know

But I believe that it’s so

You can do this hard thing