THE REASON

I will never say that I know you too well

That would be very presumptuous of me

But something inside seems to know intuitively

when you are hiding things from me

I know it’s not a deceitful thing,

far from it

It’s just that,
I feel like you have some misguided sense of shame

Like you feel you need to hide your pain

You feel like you should not burden me

With what’s going on in your world

Instead you run away from me

Rather than sharing what’s in your heart.

PLEASE

Do not do that with me

I DO understand why it is so difficult for you

because I’m more like you than I care to admit.

But at the same time

I feel like I’ve let too many opportunities slip

Or Ive not picked up what was really going on

Until it’s too late.

What terrifies me is that you may go down a path

That you feel you can’t or don’t want to return from

And I can’t let that happen to you.

I would rather look foolish than to keep quiet any longer

As much as I have days where I feel like quietly slipping away

I will never do that because Ive got my babies to stay strong for.

But WHAT ABOUT YOU?

Is there something that is stronger than your deepest despair?

keeping you here

Or is it all just too much

Do you feel Hopeless

Lost

That it’s not worth fighting for anymore

Do you need a reason?

I’ll be your reason

I am your reason

You are what I’m working towards

You are the light I am aiming for

You are what keeps me going

You are where I want to be
Because you mean everything to me

Tee

DIVINIA NIGHTFIRE - Poetry in Acoustic E-Motion 2