- Weakness -
As the sun sets,
Against a mottled gray sky.
I find that I tend to,
Ask myself why.
You hide behind your façade,
Of independence and strength.
You try so very hard,
Hiding weakness at length.
I long for the moment,
When you'll come to know,
That here with me,
Your true self you can show.
The pain of your youth,
With me you can admit to.
You can cry on my shoulder,
If you should ever care to.
Know that with me,
You mustn't hide.
That you can shove
All your troubles aside.
If only I could tell you,
All these things I feel.
And then maybe,
Together we'd be real.
But your past is such
A mystery to me.
Something only in glimpses,
I've been able to see.
And so I feel so wrong,
Asking you to bear your soul.
When I don't understand,
What tragedies have taken their toll.
I want to understand,
And I want to see.
But you won't share,
Your world with me.
And so I will stay close by you,
Basking in your hesitant gentleness,
Hoping that maybe someday,
You'll bear to me your weakness.