The Truth

You’ve been through so much –
pain, sorrow, sadness.
You’ve seen so much –
death, drugs, lies.
You tell me of your bad luck,
you say I will get hurt –
they always do.

Yet you don’t realize what I’d give,
what I’d do
to erase all the pain
and see you happy again.

There are all these secrets in your life,
things you refuse to tell me
because you think I will get hurt.
You don’t understand.
I only want to know these things
because I care.

I know you have been through the unimaginable.
I would give the world
to make the road before you brighter.
I can’t do that though.

I can’t do that because you won’t let me in.
If I only knew what you’ve faced,
I might be able to make you happy – forever.

It seems as if I’ve known you forever,
but I barely know you.
I can tell the subtle things,
like when you’re down,
but I still can’t figure out the true you.
I want to know – to see.
Every time I get close
you put up a wall – an impenetrable wall.

It hurts
that you don’t trust me enough
to see who you really are.
You’ve see the real me –
full of fear, little courage,
and you stayed.
All I ask
is to have the same privilege.
Let me see the real you.
I promise I won’t stray.

You say this has to be a dream –
that I have to be a dream.
You say that nothing in your life
has been this good.
You say you only hurt others.
You can’t accept it fully,
I think it’s because you care.
You keep me away
for my own good,
you say.

I am much stronger than you think.
I can handle it.
In denial, you are.
You can’t believe
that you could be so lucky,
lucky enough to find me.

You say I’m too good for you,
that you’re a horrible person.
I don’t believe it,
I wont.
You shoe me what I’ve never known,
you take me higher –
to a place beyond the heavens.
You show me that there is nothing to fear,
and tell me you won’t let me down.
I feel complete around you – whole.

At times,
I think it is all a dream,
that I will wake up any second
and none of it ever happened.
Then, I look in your eyes,
and do you know what I see?
I see everything.
Like a star burning bright
you let me shine,
and if I get too high,
you keep me grounded.
You are my everything,
and I know
what we have is not a dream.

You say you’ll tell me everything someday.
I hope that reigns true.
When you tell me
don’t fear losing me,
because I won’t let a petty thing
destroy what we have.
I trust you with my life and soul,
I only hope you can trust me that way…
someday.

Love,
this is the only way I know how to tell you
what I feel inside.
We are a secret to some now,
but soon they will know.
They will accept us
just as I have accepted you with your secrets.
They will understand,
and we will then fully shine.
The last thing I have to say:
I love you – now and forevermore.