What can I do?
I want to hold you and sooth you
I see the way your soul is vibrating
Shaking with fear
With terror.
I want to let you know that you are not alone
That I have been there too.
Stood in the same place, been in the same shoes.
But I can’t
I am scared it will only look as though
I am undermining your struggles.
My issues are different than yours,
But the feelings are so very close.
You are breathing in the same knives
I have suckled on my entire life.
I could describe to you the exact taste of red in 3 different languages.
But if I did.. would you hate me?
Would you take me for an insensitive *****?
A ****,
who always makes it about themself?
I want you to know:
I understand.
I want you to know you are not alone with your feelings
But I am lacking, in every sense
My vocabular just does not seem inclusive enough
And even if it was, I have no skill
Verbalizing my thoughts seems impossible.
And I know exactly how it is
when you share your feelings
And yet you still feel like nobody heard you.
I don’t want this for you.
So please just let me know what you need
I do not want to leave you by yourself.
I don’t want you to be alone any longer,
Believe me, it won’t make you stronger
Suffering in silence, should not be your only option.
I am sorry, that nothing I say will be adequate
But at least let me listen.
Anybody knows the feeling of listening to another person and all you can seem to respond with is "Hmm", because you are scared, that if you chime in it will looks as though, you don't care what they are saying?
Yeah, i feel so pretty much every day.