Blind Love

I often feel like you dare me to love you

Like you don’t truly believe your worthy;

I think to myself how could this be

You’re the air I breathe, the sky and trees.

The mirror glances at your reflection in my eyes

I’m lost each time, confused and mesmorized;

Because I can’t see why you can’t see what I see

When everything that is you is also me.

I laugh through your anger

I smile through your pain

I carry you thru this journey when you can’t maintain

I even protect you from the storm, sunshine and rain.

From my very brow I lend your tears

I hold you in my arms to console your fears;

Why don’t you feel it? Why don’t you know?

As hard as I try, I can’t believe it doesn’t show.

The one thing I cannot do for you is this

I can’t make you love yourself even though I persist;

I can’t make you feel worthy no matter how hard I try

The truth I speak, to you, is a lie.

So I can’t keep trying when it’s all in vain

You can’t blame me when my love doesn’t remain;

The help you need won’t come from me

The help you need only comes from thee.

You.

Only you can teach yourself to appreciate you

Only you will ever truly know the gift in you;

Only you can change the inside pain to outside beauty

Only you can love you thoroughly and truly.

So I give you the best thing I know to give

I release myself of the guilt of loving you still;

I’ve held you back, become your crutch

Now I’m letting go because I love you that much.

~QueenFolayan~

Written: 01/24/2013