Adolescent yesterdays Of being too afraid to care Too afraid of sharing what makes you, you Time stands still it seems For fear can linger through Making it difficult to let others in Yet there is no true caring, Without first cracking a window Letting light into your heart Push, push, pushing away "Eventually", they all will go Not I, Not now, Not ever You push, I stand You pull away, I stand You glare and yell and scream I remain For I am not a silly, silly girl Not a fly-by-night friend I know who you are I have always known And yet, I stand firm by your side A million miles away and always in your heart. I see who you are afraid to let yourself be I know what you deserve Though you believe not I see you I see your heart I feel you Because of that, I scare you You want so much to feel the good To be happy you must risk sadness Good, for a moment, feels lousy tomorrow Lousy tomorrows, are easy They are never hard to come by They are always laying in wait You can stumble through a thousand lousy tomorrows Yet, I'm still here After you are done with the crutches of the flesh After you are done with inadvertent broken hearts After you are finished doing what it is you do I will still be here Here to listen Here to hold Here to help Here to stay I know you. I have always known you I am not blind I have not been fooled You have never made it easy to be close to you You, who believes that happy is for others Fear binds you, blinds you, and ***** you dry Love will set you free Let it.