Empathy
Feeling that I don’t have much to offer
Knowing my heart lies shattered on the floor
Feeling the cut has gone much deeper
Than any cut I’ve ever felt before.
Still I can see where you might be someone
That otherwise I would let inside
And oh how that makes me tremble
Because I don’t know how to place my fear aside.
So, baby, when you’re close now be gentle
Give me space and time in which to heal
But please, please do not leave me;
What I feel with you is quite real.
I’m afraid I may never be able
To be the person I used to be
But if you should wait patiently
Perhaps in time my love you may see.
Love sometimes takes a while to kindle
And old fires don’t die without a fight
Could you please, please just come hold me
And not let me be alone again tonight.
© Jo Ann J. A. Jordan
March 15, 2004
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