Here

I can’t give you what you need.
I can’t even slow the bleed.
I only know how bad it hurts –
because I have been there too.

I can’t show you the road to take.
I don’t know how long until you break.
I only know you will ’cause I…
I have been there too.

Helpless burning within me as I
watch hoping that you will not die.
Hopeless tears I try to hide –
while you hang on to your wild, wild ride.

Familiar scenes and horrid dreams.
I hear all your silent screams.
Confusions wall – forever’s call.
If only love could break the fall.

I stretch and stretch but cannot reach.
I know, I know! – with no right to preach.
I listen to the silence in vain –
hoping you’ll ask to live again.

Words so weak compared to the pain.
Watching a nightmare once again –
How I wish I had the skill –
it would take to rebuild your will.

I can’t give you what you need.
I can’t even slow the bleed.
I only know how bad it hurts –
because I have been there too.

I can’t show you the road to take.
I don’t know how long until you break.
I only need you to know that I…
I am here for you.

© Barry Veinotte
June 21st, 2017